Over the past two centuries, thousands of non-native insects have hitchhiked to the United States in packing material, on live plants, and in passenger baggage. Scientists with two U.S. Department of ...

The ongoing effort captures high-quality images and collection data in seconds, creating an online database of bees, beetles, butterflies and flies ...

The open oceans are harsh and hostile environments where insects might not be expected to thrive. In fact, only one insect group, ocean skaters, or water striders, has adapted to life on the open seas ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

Scientists have shed light on the evolutionary biology and distribution of Stenopsyche caddisflies, a common insect in Japanese rivers and a local delicacy. The discovery also identified new genetic ...

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

AS a medium for the study of natural history the insects have no equals. The number and variety of their species and the diversity of their habits are such that they afford unrivalled opportunities ...

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.

Results from a recently published study suggest that efforts to reduce biological hitchhiking on live plant imports, often referred to as 'biosecurity,' are working. However, more than a century of ...