One of the most interesting facts she's learned is females can reproduce by natural self-cloning through a process called ...

Experts from the French National Museum of Natural History have found evidence that invasive flatworms are spreading through Europe by attaching themselves to unsuspecting pets.

Have you ever seen a massive bug that looks like a twig or tree branch? Probably not, because these rare insects are masters of camouflage. Giant stick insects are some of the most expensive insects ...

Rare giant stick insects now command market prices exceeding $1,000 for a single adult. These massive insects possess a fragile physiology that contradicts their imposing physical size. Some giant ...

Faced with exploding global demand for protein and the growing environmental impact of animal farming, insects are emerging as an attractive alternative: they are rich in nutrients, resource-efficient ...

Jessiah Hahs Brinkley’s fear of spiders turned into fascination, and then infatuation. As a child, he had nightmares after smashing black widows with his grandfather in the eaves and crannies of his ...

Caitlyn Forster received funding from The Australian Research Council. She volunteers for Invertebrates Australia. Australia is baking through another extreme heatwave, with temperatures forecast to ...

The peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry predators in Australia’s ancient Daintree rainforest. Check out how this clumsy vegetarian survives ...

Peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry predator The peppermint stick insect packs a peppermint-scented blast powerful enough to fend off hungry ...

Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have been named for their granite boulder habitat: Choerophyrne koeypad (“rocky ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...