The way bugs and birds flap their wings may look effortless, but the dynamics that keep them aloft are dizzyingly complex and ...

Researchers showed that radar can identify insects like bees, bumblebees, and wasps by reading their wingbeat patterns.

One redditor, thinking about this, asked in r/explainlikeimfive: What happens to insects that accidentally travel long ...

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their ...

Pollinating insects are important for agriculture and ecological flourishing, but they are difficult to monitor, as ...

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must ...

Tom Wassmer points at a malaise trap, which is used to collect samples of flying insects for research. A biology professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, Wassmer is among many ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Box tree moths, an invasive species of insects that can defoliate and kill boxwood shrubs, have been detected in Michigan.

Yellow-legged hornets aren't only dangerous thanks to their powerful sting — they're also invasive. Keep them away with these ...

The eggs of the pest are the primary vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, a devastating disease that costs the ...