FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) — A giant, flying bug found at a Walmart turned out to be a rare insect from the Jurassic period. Michael Skvarla, the director of Penn State University’s Insect ...

A giant lacewing found at an Arkansas Walmart in 2012 is being heralded as the first specimen of its kind seen in eastern North America in more than 50 years. By Emily Schmall It took the Covid-19 ...

A decades old insect collection at MSU holds the possibility for discoveries today. The tiger beetle ID is just one example.

While females have wings, they are not strong flyers because of their "heavy bodies", according to Professor EmmottCredit: Reuters The female specimen has a wingspan similar to that of a small bird.

A rare fossilized assassin bug is causing a bit of a stir in entomology circles because it is so remarkably well-preserved that one can distinctly pick out its penis. The specimen dates back 50 ...

Digitization is a crucially important part of every natural history museum’s work these days. Not only do museums house tens of thousands of specimens, but they are striving every day to turn those ...

Jennifer Angus uses her bare fingers to delicately remove a pin holding down the thorax of a large, green insect affixed to a foam board she had used to transport its body. She must be careful: the ...

The emergence rate of new plant diseases is increasing due to novel introductions, climate change, and changes in vector populations, posing risks to agricultural sustainability. Assessing and ...

A giant new species of stick insect with a supersized wingspan has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The stick insect, which is around 40cm long, was discovered in high-altitude ...

A giant new species of stick insect with a supersized wingspan has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The stick insect, which is around 40cm (15.75 inches) long, was discovered in ...

A NEW super-sized species of stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The bug, which was caught on camera by researchers, measures a whopping 40cm (15.75 inches) long.