Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of true bug that has claws. Amber from Myanmar’s Kachin region has ...

Even large and conspicuous insects remain unknown to science. This is highlighted by a new study from the Natural History ...

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For years, giant prehistoric insects were considered proof that Earth once needed oxygen-rich air to sustain oversized life ...

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must explain their massive size. Credit: SciTechDaily.com The true reason ancient ...

Giant prehistoric insects, some with two-foot wingspans, once roamed Earth. For years, scientists believed higher oxygen ...

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The existing boundaries of national parks and other habitat preserves aren’t enough to protect more than three-quarters of the world’s well-studied insects. The finding, reported February 1 in One ...

Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest -- scientists ...

The more we study sentience among nonhuman animals (animals) the more species are added to the sentience arena—the biodiversity of sentience is forever growing—and ethical questions about pain and ...