These facts will make your skin crawl about as much as the creepy crawlies themselves A bug’s life While some people find bugs and insects fascinating, others fear the little creatures and will go out ...

AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER each year, something unavoidable happens: the insects come back out. While some find the bugs ...

Long-term data for insect populations – particularly less charismatic species – is still patchy, but Janzen and Hallwachs join a number of scientists that have recorded huge die-offs of insects in ...

Stinging ants invading North Carolina neighborhoods; what to know about this potentially dangerous insect Experts are warning residents to watch out for a lesser-known but potentially dangerous ...

Asian needle ants have been linked to multiple cases of life-threatening reactions and the mysterious ants keep spreading.

New ant in Texas can cause painful stings and may threaten native wildlife The tiny invader is often mistaken for harmless native ants.

We describe some ultrastructure of the third-instar Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) using scanning electron microscopy, with the cephalic segment, anterior spiracle and posterior spiracle being ...

The insect’s limbs are flattened and leaf-like, with delicate frills that further enhance its floral disguise. What makes the Orchid Mantis particularly alien is its ability to attract pollinators not ...

A hell ant species that lived 113 million years ago in northeastern Brazil was recently discovered. The hell ant, which was preserved as a rock impression in limestone, is a member of ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

At more than 110 million years old, a fossil excavated in Brazil is the oldest undisputed ant fossil ever discovered. The finding adds to evidence that the first ants evolved on the supercontinent ...

‘Hell ant’ that impaled prey discovered in 113-million-year-old fossil The fossil’s discovery in Brazil shows that ants have been around for longer than once thought. This insect impaled its ...