The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

A recent study provides evidence that some results of behavioral experiments with insects cannot be fully reproduced. So far, possible reproducibility problems have been little discussed in this ...

Kimberley traditional owners are helping scientists to conduct a genetic survey of insects in vine thickets for bio-molecular analysis using a technique known as eco-genomics. CSIRO evolutionary ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An evolutionary biologist reports evidence of repeatable evolution in populations of stick insects. A long-standing debate among evolutionary scientists goes something like this: Does evolution happen ...

The classic summer cookout comes with chips, drinks and then, after the sun goes down, swarms of insects flitting around porch lights. But flying around artificial lights can have deadly consequences ...

Emergent aquatic insects are familiar to most of us, as you have most likely encountered e.g. mosquitoes in the Finnish summer. But are you aware of the importance of these insects for the ecosystems?

In the early 1990s, when I was a Ph.D. student at the Free University of Berlin modeling the evolution of bee color perception, I asked a botany professor for some advice about flower pigments. I ...

KSAT Connect viewers captured stunning images of rainbows, quick downpours and more after Sunday afternoon’s storms. Flying insects were seen after record-breaking ...

Experts say that if people in the United States and Europe can get over the "ick", edible insects could revolutionise food ...