This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it’s not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths and ...

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

I love taking selfies with my insect friends. They’re so tiny and look so different from me. But my friend Rich Zack told me that insects and humans have lots in common. He’s an insect scientist at ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts. In their ...

A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of wingbeats and fin strokes made by birds, insects, bats and whales, despite their different body sizes and wing shapes, Jens ...