The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a reputation that borders on myth, given that it’s rarely seen alive, which is why ...

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 ...

A globe-trotting butterfly enthusiast is staging an exhibition in Tokyo that matches the work of pioneering artist-entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian with real-life specimens from the Suriname jungle.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Not far from the KARE 11 studio, at the University of Minnesota's Department of Entomology, there are millions of dead insects just hanging out in storage. So, naturally, we just had ...

A bored researcher, boxes of left-behind Husky homework and the painstakingly documented entomology specimens of a 1960s faculty member formed the chrysalis for the Michigan Technological University ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey has been working to preserve historical specimens of organisms that originated in Illinois.

A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine has a new mission — sheltering preserved insect specimens. When a collection of bugs floating in specimen bottles outgrew his laboratory, Robert Fisher ...