Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

Q: I keep seeing small black flying bugs in my house but they’re not fruit flies. What type of bug could they be, and how do I get rid of them? A: The short answer is that these small black bugs in ...

Entomologist Torsten Dikow, a leading expert on assassin flies, is working to connect a global community of researchers through the democratization of insect science Emma Saaty Torsten Dikow overlooks ...

Around 100 trillion insects fly in the skies above the USA on a summer's day, according to estimates by researchers from the ...

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or places. That makes it hard to understand what is happening at larger scales.

If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those bugs is how they ...

1. There are two types of insect pests, chewing and sucking. With the exception of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, which are chewing insects, most of the insect pests we see suck sap from plants ...

A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study. The team imaged live cells of fruit flies in the last ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and ...