Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Scientists found that tropical regions were at the greatest risk for insect declines. The combined influence of climate change and expanding agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet in ...

Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of ...

This video examines the wide range of insects found in a typical backyard and the roles they serve. The footage breaks down where different insects live, what they feed on, and how they interact with ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

PARMA, Idaho — Insects and other arthropods — from bad to beneficial — are the subjects of a new study of their impact on southern Idaho’s dry bean crop. Entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis is leading ...