When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

“Torture. You are chained in the flow of an active volcano.” One scientist was stung by over 150 insects over 35 years. Why?

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an impact, ...

In this episode of Big Ideas from the team behind Deep Look, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the ...

A new title from Smithsonian Books highlights the diversity of Earth’s 10 to 100 million insect species Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Featured insects include the Picasso ...

Flying insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed ecosystems, raising fears that climate change may be playing a greater role than previously understood. The study, conducted by ...

Michelle Weschler (left), an assistant research scientist with UW’s Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD), and Amy-Marie Story, a master’s student at UW, visit a wind energy facility in southeast ...

Stuart Reynolds is a former President of the Royal Entomological Society. When did you last see a glow worm? Most likely, quite some time ago. Depending on how young you are, you may have never seen ...