Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be ...

How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising alarms.

The team calculated that the mosquitoes likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some ...

These tiny frogs have an enormous voice for their size, and the recent warm evenings have been filled with their lovely chorus.

But New Zealand is home to an amazing version of glow worms – the Arachnocampa luminosa – and they are responsible for one of the most stunning natural spectacles in the world. The common glow worm, ...