Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a world nothing like our own. These griffinflies, as paleontologists call ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

Spiders and insects are often considered pests. Some people would rather see the creepy-crawly creatures dead than buzzing ...

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect grows, the further the oxygen must travel to reach the deepest tissues. “As ...

Unlike most bugs, snow flies thrive in the cold—thanks to a baffling mix of genetic kinks that scientists never expected to ...

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in ...

A Kobe University study shows that small aquatic beetles survive catfish attacks by resisting ingestion inside the catfish's ...

Learn more about the economic thresholds for insects in corn and soybeans. Plus, when should you scout for each insect?

As spring has sprung in the Wabash Valley, bees, wasps, and ticks are coming out of hibernation and it is important to ...