Researchers showed that radar can identify insects like bees, bumblebees, and wasps by reading their wingbeat patterns.

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must ...

From geese and pelicans to cranes and cormorants, many birds use a V-shaped flock to master the aerodynamics of long-distance ...

A tiny, solar-powered transmitter is allowing scientists for the first time to track monarch butterfly migrations to and from ...

You expect pests outdoors, but it’s exasperating when gnats flit around your face or end up in your beverage when you’re ...

Pollinating insects are important for agriculture and ecological flourishing, but they are difficult to monitor, as ...

Seeing an influx of insects in and around your home can be alarming. However, there are some steps you can take to deter and ...

Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change have taken their toll on the beloved insects. But the experts working with them ...

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Three-hundred million years ago, the skies of the late Palaeozoic era were buzzing with giant insects. Meganeuropsis permiana, a predatory insect resembling a modern-day dragonfly, had a wingspan of ...

About 350 million years ago, dragonflies were roughly 27 inches (70 centimeters) wide. Scientific consensus is that high oxygen levels allowed these humongous fliers to exist, but a new study throws ...