Hercules beetles are among the largest flying insects in the world, with males of some subspecies measuring up to 6.8 inches (17.2 centimeters) long. They are also extraordinarily strong and can ...

Some insects have detachable penises, others produce sperm that is 20 times the size of their own body. Others have evolved with special equipment to help them tear rivals off potential mates.

On rare occasions, a rabbit with what looks like horns is spotted in the Midwest. The horns are actually growths, and they don't have any immediate effect on rabbits. Some people believe these ...

AT vol. xiii, p. 168, H. Müller calls the attention of entomologists to a subject which has interested other entomologists before—the function of the ocelli in insects. With due deference to a ...

But most insects around a light are not in this category, and cool lights attract them quite well. Another thought was that insects were just directly attracted to light, a response called phototaxis.

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers. But the “flowers” are modified leaves that form a cup containing digestive enzymes and entrap insects.

Insects that colonize a rhino’s body can help investigators determine when the animal was killed. Such evidence has been used to help wildlife specialists (like those pictured here) catch and ...

With summer around the corner, so too are the bugs. Insects, much like their human counterparts, are more lively in the spring and summer when the weather is warmer. And climate change means that ...