Look at the nail of your pinky finger. That’s about the width of the biggest known insect egg, which belongs to the earth-borer beetle Bolboleaus hiaticollis. The smallest egg, from the wasp ...

Entomologist Torsten Dikow, a leading expert on assassin flies, is working to connect a global community of researchers through the democratization of insect science Emma Saaty Torsten Dikow overlooks ...

What happens when scientists expose wasps to outer space radiation? The insects mutate into giant killing machines—or, so say the makers of the 1958 film Monster From Green Hell. Wikipedia Bugs have ...

What better way to track beetle flight mechanics than by flying real, live beetles? To learn about the roles that different insect muscles play in free flight, researchers turned giant flower beetles ...

About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures. They are still around, and some of them continue to annoy us with their buzzing. While scientists have ...

The jury is still out. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But in a newly published study that I co-authored with 11 colleagues, we ...

The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said. Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The insect world teems with beautiful and dazzling species ...

Bob Kimsey, middle top, looks on as students in one of his forensic entomology classes collect specimens from a pig carcass. The team is learning how to make visual inspections and collect temperature ...

As engineers and scientists collaborate to design ever more sophisticated aerial robots, nature has been a constant source of inspiration, with flying insects, birds and mammals providing valuable ...