Joro spiders have been spotted across the U.S., including in California, having ventured to the country via shipping ...

Dr Les Strong, a lecturer and senior lecturer in Insect Biology at the University of Bristol from 1966 to 1999, passed away ...

Morocco is subsidizing startups to scale beyond early-stage funding. Hespress English spoke to founders making their first ...

They’re back! Yikes! Millions of grasshoppers have been invading Arizona. I didn’t really believe it until I saw it for ...

When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the shadows, ...

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect ...

The specimen arrived in the offices of the Las Animas Leader in a glass bottle in late March 1876, courtesy of a local ...

Insects first took to the skies about 350 million years ago, some 200 million years before birds first flapped their wings. By the end of the Carboniferous period, 300 million years ago, some flying ...

Scientists thought giant dragonflies couldn’t survive in today’s atmosphere – but a study of dozens of insect species shows that’s not the case.

A wet winter and recent heat have triggered a grasshopper surge across Los Angeles this spring. Experts say it's seasonal, not a locust crisis, and advise patience over pesticides — with populations ...

When we talk about locust swarms, we envision biblical plagues and famines in ancient societies. But locusts continue to be a serious problem around the world. Huge swarms of the insects can destroy ...

Picture this: you step off the plane onto sun-warmed volcanic soil, the Atlantic wind brushing your face, and the scent of salt and blooming bougainvillea in the air. Then, in the corner of your eye, ...