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

There are twenty winners, which you'll see in this slideshow, but there are several other honorable mentions and images of ...

In a quiet corner of the campus of Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, thousands of preserved wings shimmer under glass. Inside one ...

Zhang You takes first place with a rice weevil, highlighting the artistry and scientific insight of photomicrography ...

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition have been announced, showcasing some of the ...

This spring and summer, across the Midwest and Southeast United States, cicadas will crawl out of their underground burrows by the trillions to mate — due to two different broods of these wingèd ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...

Q:I live on 40 acres in western Sonoma County. I keep a small garden and mixed fruit tree orchard. Last summer, there was a huge number of yellow jackets on the land - rather annoying when one tried ...