World’s longest insect is twice the length of your worst nightmare. 62.4-centimeter-long insect was originally mistaken for part of a tree ...

Scientists have uncovered what they are calling the oldest full-body impression of a flying insect, possibly an ancient mayfly. "[The fossil] captures a moment in time over 300 million years ago ...

No legs? Not a problem. Some pudgy insect larvae can still jump up to 36 times their body length. Now high-speed video reveals how. In nature, something has to go wrong for this to happen, says ...

Life is a sprint for the Saharan silver ant The world’s fastest ant can run at almost a metre per second, covering more than 100 times its own body length in that time. The Saharan silver ant ...

Move over, Usain Bolt. We've got a new speed demon. The speed of the fastest ant in the world has been recorded, traveling at 108 times its body length in a single second, or the human equivalent ...

It is about the length of a fingernail and feeds on insects trapped in spider webs. “Only 0.13 per cent of all caterpillars on the planet are carnivorous,” says Rubinoff.

Its ears, measuring 1.5 to 2 inches (3.8 to 5 cm) long, are 40% to 50% the length of its body. "It has the longest ears relative to its body size in the entire animal kingdom," Holden told Live ...