A previously undescribed critter that lived 324 million years ago appears to have been a transitional species that lived ...

A man was bitten on the face by a mosquito. What happened next left him "freaked out." ...

For a fossil described as a crustacean, it seemed to have an awful lot of insectlike traits, such as a body split into three ...

How the Chosha praecursor insect may have looked. (Tihelka et al., Nature, 2026) As strange cases of mistaken identity go, ...

Plants might seem helpless when it comes to insect attacks, but they are known to employ various techniques to deter pests.

Today, insects occupy nearly every terrestrial environment on Earth and account for more described species than any other ...

The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what that ancient world looked and sounded like. Fossils can offer clues, and reconstructions can give us a ...

Multiple factors play a role in the differential diagnosis of insect bites, including lesion distribution, exposure history, ...

On the menu, the dish appears simply as “bichos,” meaning “bugs.” Back in the kitchen, as onions, garlic and tomatillos sizzled in a mix of oil and mezcal, chef Christian Irabién sprinkled in a ...