A previously undescribed critter that lived 324 million years ago appears to have been a transitional species that lived ...

With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like ...

How the Chosha praecursor insect may have looked. (Tihelka et al., Nature, 2026) As strange cases of mistaken identity go, ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the heaviest insect in the world. This video examines the discovery and its ...

Plants might seem helpless when it comes to insect attacks, but they are known to employ various techniques to deter pests.

The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what that ancient world looked and sounded like. Fossils can offer clues, and reconstructions can give us a ...

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

Taking a big view of the so-called Insect Apocalypse finds some possible winners among the losers, plus a lot of things we don’t know yet. Overheated end-times terms have popped up during the last few ...

Answer help for Oh, I Don't Drink, featuring one of today's clues: Insect that rubs its hind legs against its forewings to ...