COLUMBIA, Mo. -- About 80 percent of all animals on the planet are insects, and the Enns Entomology Museum at the University of Missouri has one of the most important collections in the world. The ...

To be a farmer, a forester or even a climate scientist, it can help to know a thing or two about insects, like what they eat, where they thrive, which ones pollinate and which ones spread disease. “I ...

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

The Universit of Iowa now has an insect collection from Iowa Wesleyan. (UI photo) What may be the largest collection of Iowa insects ever assembled was at risk of being dumped in a dumpster, but it’s ...

In the late 1950s, a newly married couple started a collection. But they didn’t amass art, china or cars—rather, they collected huge quantities of insects, continuing to expand their trove for over 60 ...

Dr. Paul Johnson, 64, an entomologist at South Dakota State University, curates a collection of dead insects for SDSU, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at collections that are used in research ...

Inside the largest entomology collection in America, there are insects that are out to fool you. We went backstage at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to comb through the collection of 35 ...

SANTA CRUZ >> This summer is the first in decades that Randall Morgan isn’t roaming Santa Cruz County’s hillsides with his butterfly net and magnifying glasses, collecting plant and insect specimens.

Charlie and Lois O’Brien spent 60 years amassing a collection of 1.25 million insects as part of their research, he working one side of the trail and she collecting on the other. A day in the field ...

As the world’s insect population plummets, it is becoming more and more important to create insect-friendly habitats. Now, you can have one right in your own backyard! French designer Marlène Huissoud ...