About 70% of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half of the ...

A katydid changes color from pink to green to match leaf development, showing advanced camouflage adaptation in rainforests.

A rare rainforest insect, Arota festae, starts life bright pink before slowly turning green, revealing a surprising camouflage strategy.

Christine Picard’s search for a better bug to feed the world starts with dead bodies. Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing ...

In the pitch black hours nearing midnight last March on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a team of scientists came across a ...

A storm is blowing in from the west. A helikite shakes in the breeze, and a small group of scientists – dressed mostly in beige with practical zips and stealing worried glances at the sky – start ...

When you spend time outside, especially as it gets warmer, there’s plenty to enjoy—but also lots to avoid: sunburns, itchy bites, diseases carried by ticks and mosquitoes, and skin cancer, for ...