Every fall, thousands of red-and-black insects descend on homes across the Northeast, and most people mistake them for ...

Ancient evidence reveals that humans have eaten insects for thousands of years, challenging Western attitudes about what ...

Study finds fast-evolving viral gene cluster spread between wood-dwelling yeasts, possibly with assistance from wood-eating insects.

Insect eyes are generally sensitive to ultraviolet, blue and green light. With the exception of some butterflies, they cannot see the color red. Nevertheless, bees and other insects are also attracted ...

There are multiple species of insects that might try to get inside your house this fall. Here's what you can do to keep them out.

Wherever there is dung (also known as poop), there are most likely dung beetles. They belong to three basic groups: rollers, ...

On Tuesday night, crawling critters were huddled around tables in Electra Gallery: a large spider, a 10-stripe June beetle, a ...

There are an estimated 10 quintillion insects alive on Earth at any given time. That's 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual insects. But how many species are there, why do we need them, and what ...