While the mosquito might be an obvious choice, dragonflies can stop on a dime at 35 miles an hour and even fly backward.

Peak black fly season has passed in Michigan which is typically around mid-May through mid-June, but they continue to bite ...

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...

Insects took to the empty skies sometime between 300 million and 360 million years ago, long before birds, bats or pterosaurs. Wings allowed them to conquer new habitats and ecological niches, and ...

The evolution of wings was the central adaptation allowing insects to escape predators, exploit scattered resources, and disperse into new niches, resulting in radiations into vast numbers of ...

Some Insects Taste With Their Feet and Hear With Their Wings. Insects put their senses in strange places, from ears on their bellies to noses on their legs—and eyes on their genitalia.

From rainbow beetles to orchid mantises, explore 10 rarest, most colourful insects. These vibrant creatures showcase nature’s ...

The insect world teems with beautiful and dazzling species.Silverfish are not one of them. The insects resemble tiny fishing sinkers, with their teardrop proportions and lead-gray complexions.