Bee, wasp, yellow jacket, hornet, and fire ant are the insect stings that most often trigger allergic reactions. But most people aren't allergic to insect stings and may mistake a normal sting ...

Wendy Zhang’s love for insects knows no bounds. She has a freezer compartment full of dead insects, allows wasps to nest in her home, has a beetle tattoo on her arm and keeps a bucket list of insects ...

1️⃣ Getting hammered: Exports of American-made spirits reached a record high of $2.4 billion last year. However, a leading ...

A collaborative team of scientists from South Africa and the United Kingdom has unveiled a pioneering synthesis framework designed to facilitate the rapid assessment of changes in insect biodiversity.

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...

SINGAPORE – When people think of conservation, they often focus on large mammals or birds, but insects are just as vital to healthy ecosystems. Insects occur in nearly every terrestrial ...

An expert keeper displays a critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect, nicknamed "tree lobster," at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek ...

Countless species of insects have been around for hundreds of millions of years, including pests like cockroaches and beetles. More specifically, the rove beetle (Staphylinidae) — which has over ...

The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years. The zoo is among six institutions around the ...

A team of global ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world’s tropical forests, with the published review findings revealing that anthropogenic pressures, invasive ...

Insects like crickets and locusts have taste receptors in their ovipositor, an organ that deposits their eggs so that they can calculate if the place where they are keeping their offspring is safe ...

He said he was lodged in jail, in cells meant for terrorists and Maoists, in a cell infested with "insects, moths and lizards" - for flying a drone, an offence that only called for a Rs 500 fine.