Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

We all want to protect our veggies and fruits from pesky garden pests that ruin crops and spread diseases. While chemical control methods are the go-to option these days, experts agree that natural ...

Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the ...

A caterpillar-looking bug hangs out on a stem, minding its own business. Suddenly, forceps emerge, moving towards the ...

Caitlyn Forster previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with Invertebrates Australia. As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...

We ignore most insects that cross our path. We swat away flies, marvel at butterflies, and dash away from angry wasps. But one insect that has been around for about 300 million years is one of ...

A new self-assembly platform produces synthetic brochosomes at over 100,000 per second, enabling scalable antireflective, ...