Researchers have discovered 12 previously unknown insect species, four of which have been combined into a new genus, ...

A 324-million-year-old fossil from Texas offers new insights into early insect evolution. This ancient creature possessed an ...

The insects were named after the musician and her albums ‘Lover,’ ‘Fearless’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ ...

How the Chosha praecursor insect may have looked. (Tihelka et al., Nature, 2026) As strange cases of mistaken identity go, ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...

With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like ...

In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and telling them what to become. Each cell relies on such signals for organized ...

An amphibious phase appears to have been an important step in this transition, providing insects with a bridge between ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...