All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans might have built civilizations, but insects own the world. After all, over half of all known species are insects. So if they all suddenly ...

The horsefly, often seen pestering horses and other animals, probably gets its name from this behavior. These insects can be quite big, some reaching around two-thirds of an inch long. Their ...

Most insects are beneficial to humans either directly or indirectly (Peters 1993). Directly beneficial insects include pollinators and insect predators and parasites of pests. Other insects ...

Insects aren't just an unusual accompaniment to wine. Eating them could help sustain Earth's booming population, as Museum scientist Dr Duncan Sivell reveals. Superhero movies may be popular right now ...

Pollination is not just the work of honeybees. Meet some of the buzzing, bold and beautiful insects that make the most of long summer days to stir the pollen pot. Flowers abound in spring and summer.

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a long-held hypothesis Jack Tamisiea Paleontologist Conrad Labandeira ...

But before you add "eating bugs" to the list of things you'll never ever do, consider this: Insects are actually far more nutritious than other common forms of protein, even fish. For example ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

There are over 25,000 different types in Northern Ireland. Minibeasts are small creatures, like worms, snails, insects and spiders. The scientific term for them is invertebrates, which means that ...