Do you remember growing up and seeing Daddy Long Legs for the first time? That teeny tiny oval body with those super, long string-like long legs protruding from that little body. Definitely creepy ...

For nearly 40 years, one of the strangest insects ever found was hiding in plain sight, mislabeled as a baby crustacean. The flattened fossil from West Texas looked like little more than a dark smudge ...

Unfortunately for people who don't like insects, the wetter weather brought by the onset of autumn means it's now prime ...

A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Tokyo. The team ...

UK residents dread the arrival of daddy longs ever each autumn and once again they are set to invade our homes across the ...

There are about 40 kinds of cats out there – like me. There’s only one kind of human on Earth now. But there are more than a million kinds of insects. That’s just the insect species we know about.

Right now, there’s a fly walking on the window in my office. I asked my friend Rich Zack how it does that. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. It turns out my window isn’t as ...