Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. In the study published in Environmental Entomology, researchers ...

Mr. Franklin Stinson, educator from the Science Museum of Western Virginia, talks with preschoolers at Buchanan Elementary School about animal life cycles. Clockwise from Mr. Stinson: Zachary Carter, ...

HERMISTON - For most of us counting insects means making a mental note of how often we have swatted pesky mosquitoes during a family picnic. But for riparian enthomologists Sandy DeBano and David ...

The study authors write: "We posit here that artificial light at night is another important – but often overlooked – bringer of the insect apocalypse." Matt Mawson / Getty Stock Images Insect numbers ...

Insects are light, adaptable, nutritious, and easy to farm, making them an ideal nutrient source on long-term space missions.

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged creatures are responding to a warming world and to ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ...