"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Most of us aren’t experts at bug identification—especially because most common house insects look alike.

InsectNet -- which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists -- provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at ...

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

Amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar has preserved a wealth of fossils, offering insights into the diversity of the ...

Biological invasions by insects are increasing worldwide, driven by global trade, climate change, and habitat modification. Over the past decades, research ...

A legal quirk leaves officials in at least a dozen states with little or no authority to protect insects. That’s a growing problem for humans. By Catrin Einhorn March 4, 2023 It’s tough being an ...

A newly discovered beetle on campus has led to the first major update in Japanese ladybird classification in 50 years.