A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher ...

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientists warn - As many as 40 percent of the ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative ...

There are ways to support insects and protect your local birds.

At any given moment, it’s estimated that 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects are alive and kicking on planet Earth. We don’t blame you if you’re not a fan of them all—but ...

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...

Crickets have become a go-to bug for chefs experimenting with edible insects “Think of it as cricket cake, like fish cake,” the chef said as he urged the man in the buffet line to try the steaming, ...