Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

If current trends continue, farming income could fall by around 15% by 2030, with vitamin A and folate intake dropping by ...

Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, ...

The US is being taken over by the invasive needle ant from East Asia, whose sting can cause excruciating pain and even a ...

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their ...

One redditor, thinking about this, asked in r/explainlikeimfive: What happens to insects that accidentally travel long ...

Most legal systems treat insects as property, pests, or simply ignore them. Late last year, two municipalities in the ...

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must ...

The secret behind insects' lightning-fast reactions could offer a blueprint for more energy-efficient robots and self-driving cars, according to a new study challenging our understanding of how brains ...

Tom Wassmer points at a malaise trap, which is used to collect samples of flying insects for research. A biology professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, Wassmer is among many ...