A byproduct of insect farming improves soil health and reduces insect damage in soybean and switchgrass crops according to research from the Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station at the University ...

Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...

I was looking over my database from last year, to see if there were any distinct patterns that may appear during our growing ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

In this episode of Big Ideas from the team behind Deep Look, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the ...

A farmer holds a handful of locusts in Pakistan. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg Raising animals intensively for food is the biggest source of animal cruelty on the planet. It also happens to be a ...

An insect species new to science, Tinodes lumbardhi, found in a river in Kosovo, is already on the verge of collapse.