Higher tree species diversity leads directly to higher diversity of leaf-eating insects, researchers report. Understanding the drivers of the high diversity in tropical forests has been a major ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect vanished from its home, but an effort at zoos in San Diego and Melbourne highlights the possibilities and challenges of conserving invertebrate animals. Lord Howe ...

Scientists show for the first time that insects appeared on earth some 480 million years ago. They were able to adapt to environmental changes quickly and became the world's largest and most diverse ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The insects known as Hemiptera are not a particularly glamorous bunch. This group includes stink bugs, bed bugs, litter bugs, scale insects and aphids. Their closest relatives are ...

Tiny eggs have started hatching this week at the San Diego Zoo, and scientists there are celebrating the arrival of baby tree lobsters. It's all part of a conservation effort for the Lord Howe Island ...

The transcriptomes of 144 insect species representing all extant taxonomic insect orders have been used to construct a detailed phylogenomic tree and to date major insect evolutionary innovations. The ...

As Switzerland prepares to legalise three insect species for food, we talk to one Finnish researcher on the best ways to process mealworms and crickets to get the optimal flavour and texture profile.