Annapolis, MD; October 12, 2022—Women pursuing careers in entomology face persistent challenges in obtaining jobs compared to men, according to a new study analyzing career tracks of recent entomology ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

The insects that keep the world running by pollinating plants and supporting food chains face grave risks, a new study has found. The combination of climate change and heavy agriculture is having a ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— The world’s population expects to increase over time. This means our food production, and the health of our livestock should correlate with the population increase to help ...

Plunging insects numbers threaten to trigger a “catastrophic” global environmental collapse that could spell the end for humanity, a shocking study has found. More than four in ten bug species could ...

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

The question of whether or not insects feel pain is a matter of heated debate among scientists. In a study published on Tuesday, a team of researchers argue that these animals have a certain ...

Insects outnumber humans, and indeed almost all animals, in the number of organisms belonging to this class. Scientists say they make up over 950,000 insect species, with about 25,000 being bees, ...

Insects engage in the largest continental migration on Earth, new research indicates. Some 3.5 trillion insects in Southern Britain alone migrate each year – a biomass eight times that of bird ...

A new study reports that live insects were found in 47% of firewood bundles purchased from big box stores, gas stations and grocery stores in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. A new study ...

More than 40 percent of the world's insect species could go extinct over the next several decades leading to "catastrophic" results for the planet's various ecosystems, a new study says. The study ...