Discover the top 7 fastest flying insects in the world. See their max speeds and learn how their incredible wings and agility ...

When researchers reviewed footage of flying insects, they saw that the bugs tilted their backs toward the source of artificial light. Imperial College London Flip on a porch light on a summer evening ...

When it comes to raw power, insects are the heavyweight champions of the animal kingdom. Some can boast astonishing muscle power - lifting, pulling, or carrying objects hundreds of times their own ...

An annual inventory of newly discovered species lists more than 19,000 – half of them insects. A total of 9,738 insect species were first identified in 2009, the most recent year of data compilation.

The leading group is so diverse that it represents one in every three animal species on Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive A veery gets ready to rise into ...

A whiff of catnip can make mosquitoes buzz off, and now researchers know why. So researchers exposed mosquitoes and fruit flies to catnip and monitored the insects’ behavior. Fruit flies were less ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. Bees have long impressed behavioral scientist Lars Chittka. In his lab at Queen Mary University of London, the pollinators have proven themselves ...