SPOKANE, Wash. — The world is seeing a massive decline in the insect population and a local biologist said this could affect everyone. In 2014 a team of biologists from across the world found that the ...

Grasshoppers, Japanese beetles, June beetles and many other insects occupy fairly commonplace niches. The adults feed on foliage and lay their eggs in the soil. From masterful disguises to physical ...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, presented ...

The recovery of biodiversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was much more chaotic than previously thought, according to paleontologists. New fossil evidence shows that at certain times and ...

The abundance of large orb web spiders in the Swiss midland has declined drastically over the last 40 years. The main reason for this is the shrinking food supply available to these insectivorous ...

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square ...

Silent assassin. A predatory Australian insect creeps up on spiders undetected by breaking their webs thread-by-thread and suppressing the resulting vibrations. Spiders are highly attuned to ...

Learn more about the Earth’s most diverse type of creatures: insects! We share our planet with over a million species of insects. Insects are called arthropods. Find out more about these amazing ...

14:24, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 Updated: 14:39, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 Summer has arrived in the UK and coupled with the recent heatwave conditions across the nation, insect bites and stings are emerging as an ever ...

The recovery of biodiversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was much more chaotic than previously thought, according to paleontologists. New fossil evidence shows that at certain times and ...