Across the globe, the diversity of insect species and their populations are falling rapidly. A few research studies have gone as far as to estimate insect biomass has nearly halved since the 1970s.

Insects are a vital part of the ecosystem, pollinating plants, decomposing waste, and serving as a food source for other animals. While some insect populations, like monarch butterflies, are ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

When ecologist Rachael Winfree first began studying bees 25 years ago, she happened upon a surprise: a species of plasterer bee in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, not seen in 50 years and suspected to ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native stingless bees, long overshadowed by their stinging cousins, have become the first ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

FARGO — In her more than 20 years of living in south Fargo near Lincoln Elementary School, Laurie Hanson said this year sticks out as one where the bugs are not buzzing. It’s not for lack of trying.

The world’s largest bee is a solitary insect known from a small cluster of islands in eastern Indonesia. Wallace’s giant bee, Megachile pluto, has dra.