More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...

Bees that once hovered around flowers and wasps that appeared at picnic tables almost vanish overnight. The inevitable ...

Along the southern edge of the United States sits the state of Alabama. While it may be home to over five million people, much of the state is covered by forests (67% of the state’s total area, to be ...

Seasonally cold temperatures and snow finally moved into the Inland Northwest this month. Skiers are happy. And so is a rare insect known as an ice crawler. While most bugs go dormant during cold ...

Fears of a nationwide collapse in Britain’s insect populations may be overstated, according to a major new study. Instead, researchers have found a more complex picture: while some species are holding ...