Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

Cities are known to shape the evolution of wildlife within them, but according to a study of European cities published in the ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

(NEXSTAR) – Earth’s insects are faring poorly. That’s according to a new special issue from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science released Tuesday. According to the report, Earth is ...

The insects that keep the world running by pollinating plants and supporting food chains face grave risks, a new study has found. The combination of climate change and heavy agriculture is having a ...

The researchers gathered data from 166 surveys of insect abundance around the world, mostly conducted since the 1980s Theresa Machemer Correspondent A new analysis of insect abundance surveys finds ...

Invasive animals outcompete or eat insects while invasive vegetation replaces native plants that insects feed upon. The study ...