Their incredible alien anatomy. To reveal this extraordinary hidden world, entomologists Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy carry out a complete insect dissection. Cutting edge imaging technology ...

Their incredible alien anatomy. To reveal this extraordinary hidden world, entomologists Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy carry out a complete insect dissection. Cutting edge imaging technology ...

Insects are "the little things that run the planet." Just ask Doug Tallamy, New York Times best-selling author and one of your professors. Conserving insects is the first step towards protecting the ...

Was the biggest bug to ever live a predator? Scientists claim that the huge primitive millipede was a plant eater.

Turtle ants also have a caste system. The number of different female castes within that system can sometimes vary between ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Scientists have unveiled the head of Arthropleura, the largest bug to ever exist, which roamed the Earth 300 million years ...

Find out how to build a simple bug hotel. Ladybirds and other insects will be grateful for the shelter provided by this pine cone palace. Find a sheltered spot in the garden or a shed. Push three pine ...

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of a sustainable superfood - an environmentally friendly alternative to livestock. But who is already eating them and do they actually taste any good?

A new reconstruction of Arthropleura— the largest known land invertebrate—shows it was a 'missing link' between millipedes ...

Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread their infections – such as arboviruses that use insects to move their infections to mammalian hosts like humans. Understanding how they move ...

But these loathsome pests represent an almost unimaginably small fraction of the planet’s insect diversity. Scientists have discovered about one million species so far, and they estimate there ...