Andy G Howe receives funding from the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Forest & Wood Products Australia. Since 2019, he is active with CSIRO Stem Professionals in Schools. Erinn ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

The University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Entomology Society hosted its fourth annual Swarm to Table event Saturday, April 13 at The Crossing. Selling out 300 tickets for the third year in a row, S2T ...

The more we study sentience among nonhuman animals (animals) the more species are added to the sentience arena—the biodiversity of sentience is forever growing—and ethical questions about pain and ...

Dried cochineal insects — shown here in the center of the photo — can be processed to create several natural dyes such as carmine and cochineal extract. These products get their red hue from carminic ...

Looking to add a little Magicicada to your life? Learn the ins and outs of starting an insect collection and watch the experts as they pin beetles, moths, and other insects at this virtual event.

I entered 2020 thinking of myself as a science writer. I ended the year less sure. While the first sparks of the COVID-19 pandemic ignited at the end of 2019, I was traipsing through a hillside in ...

Barbara K. Hofer has received research funding from the National Science Foundation and Vermont EPSCOR. Gale Sinatra has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Social Sciences ...

Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school—they are putting them on the map and even ...