There are a lot of animals to love in the world… but insects are pretty low on most people’s lists. In fact, it’s said that 1 in 10 adults in the United States have entomophobia, a fear of insects.

Nature doesn't hold back when it comes to insects. While most people imagine bugs as brown, creepy, or bland, there's a whole world of creatures that look like they were painted by a surrealist. Here ...

Nature has produced insects in nearly every color imaginable, from shiny blues and shimmering greens to bright pinks. While many of these colors are spectacular, they aren’t only pleasing to the eye ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Welcome to National Moth Week! (July 23-31) As an insect enthusiast, I encourage everyone to take a closer look at the vast diversity of moths that fill our world. Butterflies and moths belong to the ...

It's true that most people do not put the words "beautiful" and "insect" together unless they're thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

It’s taken more than a decade, but scientists have cracked the case of these colorful insects found thousands of miles away from home. Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui, shown resting on a bush ...

Biologists have identified fundamental mechanisms in visual information processing in fruit flies. The exquisite capability of insects to detect color and to distinguish for instance flowers is ...

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