A new study finds that high in rainforest trees, insects live in ecosystems that vary wildly from the forest floor on up. Trapped at eight meters (26 feet) above the ground, this yet-to-be-named ...

A new study collected tens of thousands of insects from the rainforest canopy in the Brazilian Amazon and found that 60% of the specimens occur at a height of 8 meters (26 feet) and higher. Most of ...

Tiny frog-like leafhoppers in Uganda's Kibale National Park are revealing secrets of rainforest survival. These small insects, with their unique camouflage and jumping abilities, highlight how subtle ...

Recent work on the frog-like leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus has drawn fresh scientific interest to the role of small insects in rainforest ecosystems. These tiny hop-ready species, found ...

Most entomologists study life on the ground. Instead, these scientists looked up—and found a staggering diversity of new creatures. Iridescent orchid bees, tropical cousins of bumblebees and honeybees ...