Fossil insect find, Zekuforma maculata, reveals a land-to-water experiment in evolution, rewriting 230 million years of true ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

Using weather radar data, researchers estimated that roughly 100 trillion insects are flying above the United States on a ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Insects are unlike mammals and birds because they must generate their own heat (called ectotherms). Insects die when they are ...

Did you know that mantises groom themselves just like cats do? Read here to learn more, and to watch a surprisingly adorable video of one.

Fruit flies are always an annoyance, especially in your kitchen. Discover what attracts them and learn how to get rid of them ...

How insects, AI, and digital twins are transforming agricultural waste into sustainable animal feed at industrial scale.