This video highlights insects with behaviors and traits that stand out even among specialists. Each example challenges common assumptions about how insects function. The footage focuses on adaptation ...

Entomologist Richard Zack of Washington State University fields lots of “What the heck is this?” inquiries from the public about weird-looking insects in our region. But the Jerusalem cricket tops the ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers named ...

A prehistoric species of bug with claws has been discovered in Myanmar based on an intact fossil trapped in amber. The insect was found trapped in amber from a site in Myanmar’s northernmost state of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Deep in the Waiʻanae mountains of Oʻahu lives one of the strangest creatures ever discovered. And it’s not what you’d expect. It’s a caterpillar. But it doesn’t eat leaves. It doesn ...

Explore a strange imagined ecosystem where birdlike insects evolve unusual bodies, behaviors, and survival strategies.

Toad bugs can be found along the shorelines of streams and rivers in 40 states and three Canadian provinces, according to researchers. Andy Calhoun via Unsplash A small insect, which researchers ...

A prehistoric species of bug with claws has been discovered in Myanmar based on an intact fossil trapped in amber. The insect ...