Bugs are a surprising source of high amounts of protein, but humans are often unwilling to eat them. The reason might be ...

Entomologists are often fascinated by insects from an early age and misunderstood by those around them. They moved forward, ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and biophysicists. Robots built ...

Insects react sensitively when temperature and precipitation deviate from the long-term average. In an unusually dry and warm winter, their survival probabilities are reduced; in a wet and cold spring ...

A 324-million-year-old fossil suggests early insects lived between water and land as their bodies gradually changed over time.

In a remarkable scientific achievement, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the intricate biomechanics of insect wings, with a particular focus on the wing hinge mechanism of ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen something about some insects called the spotted lanternfly and seen that you're ...