A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts.

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

The insects were most likely intended for exotic insect collections, according to customs officials, who say the illegal pet ...

A Mississippi State University scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove—16 new species of grasshoppers living in the ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

With a total of 488 distinct animal species, it's the highest biodiversity count ever recorded in a single vent region.

However we know that together, we can pull species back from the brink. Reverse the Red Day on 7 February 2025 is an ...

That farmer can snap a picture, use a smartphone or computer to feed the photo into a web-based application called InsectNet ...

Flies might not come to mind when you think of threatened species in need of protection, but pollinator flies are actually at ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...