Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants ...

Winged insects have been around for nearly 400 million years, and the evolution of flight in different insect species influences things like how insects flap their wings, what makes some insects ...

Tennessee is home to over a thousand insects, but a few are quite sizable. Discover the biggest insects that live in the ...

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

Sarracenia pitcher plants, native to North American bogs, capture insect prey with colorful, modified leaves that look like flowers. Scent may play a role in each species' diet, a new study said.

The small black flying bugs in the house that are not fruit flies can be hard to identify. Find out what type of pest you're facing and how to get rid of it.

Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" and the "large-headed stick." ...

Periodical cicadas come out every 13 or 17 years — depending on their brood. As these red-eyed, winged insects pop up across different states, researchers have developed maps to help show when ...

A cicada perches on a picnic table in front of Nolde Mansion in Cumru Township, PA in May 2021. New research shows that these insects urinate in a surprising way.

People tend to lump June bugs, green June beetles, and Japanese beetles together as "white grubs", but they are three different insects. What do June bugs look like?