Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive ...

These fragile traces, buried deep under layers of fragile shale once formed by the bed of an old lake, are the oldest known ...

These insects, including pollinators, predators, and crop pests, play a vital role in moving nutrients, energy, and genetic material across ecosystems. Studying them has proven notoriously difficult, ...

But Earl, whose NSF grant used the word diversity 152 times, wasn’t studying DEI; she was studying insect diversity, looking ...

A university student was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 insects, many of them protected species, out of Australia, officials said. The student, identified by Australia’s 7NEWS as a 22-year-old ...

Space travel has always pushed the boundaries of human exploration, but what about the food that sustains astronauts on these long journeys? As researchers turn to unconventional options, insects are ...

This event showcases the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), an environmentally friendly method used by the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre, is used to control devastating fruit flies in Latin America and the ...