Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science.

Zorapterans, an insect group that includes angel insects, or ground lice, has defied phylogenetic categorization for decades. The big question was whether Zorapterans and Dermapterans (earwigs) were ...

A new estimate of insect diversity suggests there are at least 14 million to 20 million species buzzing and crawling around the globe. That’s double or triple other recent estimates, most of which peg ...

At first glance, this creature is almost always mistaken for an insect. This video explains why that assumption is incorrect and what the animal actually is. By examining anatomy, movement, and ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of ...

Ms. Sifferlin is an Opinion health and science editor and the author of the forthcoming book “The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors, and the Diagnosis Crisis,” from which this essay is adapted. Late ...

A sweeping new study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals a troubling reality: many insects may be far less capable of coping with rising temperatures than scientists once hoped. Researchers ...

French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the “Late Show” during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect ...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Latsco have successfully completed a proof-of-concept for a new standard in digital class assurance with data-driven surveys. This collaboration aims to demonstrate how ...

You may have noticed a cluster of small white sap-sucking insects (often called whiteflies or woolly aphids) that may appear like white specks hovering or sitting on plants. Or perhaps, there is a ...