Not every animal gets the spotlight, but that doesn’t make them any less important. These underrated creatures are crucial ...

With 11,000 species of insects known in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, how do you write a guide to them? Jim and Leslie ...

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...

The human brain contains an impressive 86 billion neurons, but insects get by with a lot fewer. The honeybee manages all its complex behaviours with about 1 million neurons, and the tiny Megaphragma ...

We often hear about how social media stokes division and removes us from human contact. But my favorite app brings us closer ...

Walking into Ÿnsect’s flagship manufacturing site in Dole, eastern France, the first thing that visitors are met with is a hot, earthy, composting smell. With it comes the realization that this is not ...

Discover the benefits of consuming edible insects for sustainable food production and nutrition, including traditional ...

Sep. 26—They began blooming about mid-July. Since then, various species spread and filled the roadsides and fields with continuous flowers. Except for a white one that grows along the shores of Lake ...

They began blooming about mid-July. Since then, various species spread and filled the roadsides and fields with continuous flowers. Except for a white one that grows along the shores of Lake Superior, ...

The Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve in the UK has recently recorded its 10,000th species thanks to the six-belted ...

How surely every drop of water that sees the light in the most remote mountain or forest recesses finds it way to the sea, if not in some way intercepted. How surely the springs collect into rivulets, ...

Cape Town’s nature lovers have a reason to get outdoors this weekend as the City of Cape Town is offering free entry to all municipal nature reserves. From Friday, 24 October to Monday, 27 October ...