Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

For nearly two centuries, a point of Chicago’s civic pride has been its connection to the natural world. One of our mottos, “Urbs in Horto,” extols ours as a city in a garden. Yet not everyone in the ...

Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most ...

The Frost Museum of Science is digging deep with its new exhibit about bugs, called “Bugs.” Alex Miranda, Deco’s own little paleontologist, is here with the deets. We are at the “Bugs” exhibition at ...

Barrett Klein - Author of The Insect Ephipany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture If you were asked to select five insects that have most profoundly altered humanity since Homo sapiens ...

Photographer Thorben Danke combines hundreds of shots to create breathtaking images of the tiny creatures Joe Spring - Former Associate Editor, Science An unidentified fly from the order Diptera, ...

Nicholas Green does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Insects are fascinating and highly diverse animals who far too often are written off as pests and nuisances whose lives are totally disposable. However, their global presence and ubiquity are ...