“If we look at kind of the different time periods throughout history, large insects lived in the Permian period. Those were ...

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light reception).

I love taking selfies with my insect friends. They’re so tiny and look so different from me. But my friend Rich Zack told me that insects and humans have lots in common. He’s an insect scientist at ...

If you're terrified of the possibility that humanity will be dismembered by an insectoid master race, equipped with robotic exoskeletons (or would that be exo-exoskeletons?), look away now.