Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly ...

Tom Wassmer is crouched down in a pasture, staring very intently at some cow manure. Wassmer is pointing at a nondescript dung beetle, no bigger than a grain of rice, with a shiny black head and a ...

Discover the incredible strength of the world's top 10 strongest insects, from the dung beetle that pulls over 1,100 times its body weight to the trap-jaw ant with its lightning-fast bite. Explore ...

Insects are fascinating and highly diverse animals who far too often are written off as pests and nuisances whose lives are totally disposable. However, their global presence and ubiquity are ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study ...

We go hands-on with the new Hoyoverse game Petit Planet, an intriguing life sim with more than a few echoes of Animal ...

Discover the top 7 fastest flying insects in the world. See their max speeds and learn how their incredible wings and agility ...

Over the past year, Americans adopted pandemic puppies and quarantine kittens in droves. By now, these new owners are undoubtedly familiar with the boundless emotional benefits of animal companionship ...

Are insects really declining as badly as previous studies have forecasted? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of more than a dozen researchers ...

Tom Wassmer points at a malaise trap, which is used to collect samples of flying insects for research. A biology professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, Wassmer is among many ...