Our planet is home to some truly strange and fascinating insects, like the recently discovered plastic-eating insect that could help combat world waste or the "Kamikaze" insects that can blow ...

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A new study on mayflies of the genus Ecdyonurus illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in nature can be. Entomologists at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart ...

An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used its abdomen to grasp other insects like a Venus flytrap before laying its eggs on them. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before ...

Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and deep-river fish. Many were found not in the wild, but in museum collections, ...