Meet the world's deadliest insects, from disease spreaders to stingers to voracious swarms - and there may well be some ...

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

From insects to great apes, by way of birds and fish, animals communicate through an extraordinary variety of sounds. While the pitch or timbre of their vocalizations matters, rhythm may play a more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many kinds of harmful invasive species enter and spread throughout the United States on land or in water through various pathways.

These pictures of common bug bites can help you figure out what bit you, and how you should seek treatment.

We ignore most insects that cross our path. We swat away flies, marvel at butterflies, and dash away from angry wasps. But one insect that has been around for about 300 million years is one of ...

By now, most of us have some knowledge that life on land involved transitioning from the water and evolving the physiological ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

As the weather is warming up in the U.S., many Americans will be spraying themselves with insect repellent to protect against itchy bites and the spread of disease. However, you may be spraying ...

If you’re walking down the aisles of a health food store or an organic food market, you might notice a cricket protein bar on the shelves, or maybe a bag of chips made from insect flour. But live bugs ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...