While prehistoric insects encased in amber certainly are fascinating, they usually don't look all that different from today's insects. A newly discovered one, however, is so bizarre that it has been ...

Our planet is home to some truly strange and fascinating insects, like the recently discovered plastic-eating insect that could help combat world waste or the "Kamikaze" insects that can blow ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Imagine you’re wandering through a lush rainforest in the Amazon, pushing aside dense leaves, stepping carefully over twisted roots, when suddenly you notice something bizarre staring right back at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the role reversal to end all role reversals. Scientists on Thursday described four insect species that dwell in extremely dry caves in Brazil, feed on bat guano and ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism to snare other creatures and force them to unwittingly shelter its young, ...

Google “are cicadas weird insects” and an Associated Press explainer is the first thing you will find. Dig into Seth Borenstein’s piece deep enough and he promises they aren’t really all that weird.

Thomas Say was perhaps the greatest entomological tour de force America has known. Born in Philadelphia in 1787, Say discovered his passion for insects at an early age. At the age of 25, he helped ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Henrico County will be hosting an Extension Bug Bizarre on Saturday, inviting community members out to celebrate entomology. According to the county, the Henrico Extension ...

Washington, USA: This may be the role reversal to end all role reversals. Scientists on Thursday described four insect species that dwell in extremely dry caves in Brazil, feed on bat guano and ...