I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

For human societies, insects are part of a shared ecology involving the gamut of symbiotic relations. Insects (and arthropods ...

During the first week of December, I spent several days doing speaking engagements in Mexico. Although I have previously visited several Latin American nations, and even twice served as a visiting ...

A cafe in Germany is really testing customers' limits with its menu options, many of which include insects. Grasshoppers, crickets, and mealworms are included in many dishes. Cook Martin Baumgarten ...

Researchers warn that they can distort our connection to wildlife. By Margherita Bassi Published Nov 8, 2025 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

On October 27th, a video went out over social media that showed at least nine men sitting slumped in a row beside a dirt track in the city of El Fasher, in Sudan’s Darfur region. Their thin wrists ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive A veery gets ready to rise into ...

One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel’s pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depicts Jamaica’s ...

Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...