More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...

Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

This summer, prepare for the return of Brood X. No, that’s not the title of a B-grade horror flick, but it does involve an army of insects rising from the earth Night of the Living Dead–style.

Many insects, like this malachite butterfly, face critical heat stress under future temperatures. Photo by Kim Holzmann, CC BY Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of ...

Ladybugs are familiar and beloved fixtures of our gardens, but there’s more to them than cuteness. Take a second look at these backyard insects. Ladybugs aren’t bugs—they’re beetles. True bugs belong ...