Nature doesn’t hold back when it comes to insects. While most people imagine bugs as brown, creepy, or bland, there’s a whole world of creatures that look like they were painted by a surrealist. Here ...

Beetles display a wide range of colors, from deep muted tones to those that shift from green to purple or yellow as they reflect sunlight. Whether invading gardens, flying through the air, or walking ...

Nature is filled with colorful creatures, and beetles are no exception. Usually, when we think of beetles, the image that comes to mind is the common black insect that we see everywhere. However, ...

There are a lot of animals to love in the world… but insects are pretty low on most people’s lists. In fact, it’s said that 1 in 10 adults in the United States have entomophobia, a fear of insects.

Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species described this year by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London. The ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Colorful beetles that resemble ladybugs — dubbed Asian lady beetles — have appeared in large numbers in some eastern states, including New Jersey, due to warm fall weather, ...

We’ve already had cicadas, ticks, mosquitoes and spotted lanternflies bugging us this year. And now New Jerseyans could be bracing for another annoyance — swarms of multicolored Asian lady beetles.

Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species described this year by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London. The ...