After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

From "thrasonical" to "contumelious," these words are certainly unique ways to call out arrogant folks.

Water bugs look like big cockroaches, but they're a completely different species. And they bite. Here's how to tell these two insects apart.

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

A yellow disk with rays of white—an icon of childhood drawings and a flower with healing properties. We have picnics on it, ...

Two of those tools are the Apiary and the Terrarium, which both involve making use of bugs for unique purposes. If you want ...

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park entomologist Becky Nichols.

From bears and bobcats to eagles and elk, 22,893 species have been documented so far in Great Smoky Mountains National Park—and nearly half of them are insects. Becky Nichols, the park’s long-time ...

The game will be familiar to Scrabble or Words with Friends players, but the Times is adding a few twists of its own. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor In a significant launch, The New York Times is ...

What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...