If you think your job is painful, try spending a workday with Justin Schmidt. Schmidt is an entomologist who focuses on a group of insects called Hymenoptera — we know them as stinging ants, wasps and ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they ...

As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. The summer can be wonderful, but all too ...

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 ...

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As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. It’s common to notice a sudden itch or ...