The new discoveries emphasize that scientists have a lot left to learn about insect diversity, even in areas with many ...

There is one guest nobody invites to a summer picnic and everybody expects anyway. The wasp arrives around the time the food does, hangs over the jam, dive bombs the glass of cider, and gets swatted ...

Insect "detectives" have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia's most well-studied landscapes. Researchers at the ...

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized. A group of ...

The Yaeyama Tsuda stick insect (Megacrania tsudai) is a species of stick insect belonging to the order Phasmatodea, family ...

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

A systematic review of human studies published in Nutrients reveals that insect proteins are as good as other protein sources in providing essential amino acids and other health benefits. Study: ...