About 70% of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half of the ...

Many insects have lived in close symbiosis with bacteria for millions of years, during which time the bacteria have provided ...

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in ...

A katydid changes color from pink to green to match leaf development, showing advanced camouflage adaptation in rainforests.

Spring is in full force, and with it comes the resurgence of many stinging insects. Whether you’re mowing the lawn, tending ...

An international team of scientists spotted the color-changing insect on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. In the pitch black ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around ...

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect ...

A rare rainforest insect, Arota festae, starts life bright pink before slowly turning green, revealing a surprising camouflage strategy.

In 2025, researchers on Barro Colorado Island in Panama found something that looked almost like a prank played by the ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

A North Carolina creature is “adorable” — but don’t be fooled by its fluffy appearance. Southern flannel moths, also called ...