Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million ...

Explore the black beauty stick insect, a rare nocturnal insect from Peru with striking features and unique defenses.

It’s a question that has foxed biologists for centuries. Just how many species of animal are there? Well, a new study might have just blown all previous estimates out of the water, at least as far as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

As night falls and the city bustle dies down, another kind of life creeps up on its citizens: Cockroaches lurk beneath cabinets and bed bugs crawl out of mattresses. These unwelcome guests have spread ...

A bush cricket nymph grooming its feet. Source: Ross Piper, with permission. Although I've spent many years studying various aspects of social behavior and the cognitive and emotional lives of mammals ...

Bug enthusiasts will be pleased to know that World of the Insect isn’t just one of the best bug houses in the country, but also the first built in the U.S. Some of the nation’s most passionate ...

Agragene announces funding from the USDA New World Screwworm Grand Challenge and from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research. The grants were awarded through competitive processes by both USDA ...

Prologue -- An intricate dance -- Winners and losers -- "Zero insect days" -- The peak of the pesticide -- In the teeth of the climate emergency -- The labor of honeybees -- A monarch's journey -- The ...

Invertebrate vaccine science has crossed a commercial threshold: Dalan Animal Health’s United States Department of ...