Nature has always amazed us with its incredible colours, and some of the most breathtaking displays which come from the ...

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...

Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light.

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows u ...

The weirdest-looking moths on Earth are so strange, they look like they flew straight out of a vivid dream — or a nightmare.

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a simple DNA "switch" that helps tropical ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

A butterfly with a broken wing is able to fly again after undergoing a successful wing transplant. Sweet Briar Nature Center ...

Ishiguro found that the invertebrates displayed a remarkable sense of creativity as they harvested food, mated, and burrowed ...

Humans can have extreme reactions when they come across insects – from delight at the sight of a Monarch butterfly to disgust ...

The key to preventing a larger explosion of spotted lanternfly nymphs next spring is to locate and destroy egg masses this ...