A weird looking mosquito has gone viral on Reddit thanks to its unusual appearance, but there's a perfectly reasonable answer as to why they look this way.

This video highlights insects with behaviors and traits that stand out even among specialists. Each example challenges common assumptions about how insects function. The footage focuses on adaptation ...

Insects usually get overlooked, but a few species go so far off the biological script that it’s hard not to be curious. Some have eyes perched on stalks, legs used as display tools, or bodies so ...

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

Entomologist Richard Zack of Washington State University fields lots of “What the heck is this?” inquiries from the public about weird-looking insects in our region. But the Jerusalem cricket tops the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Deep in the Waiʻanae mountains of Oʻahu lives one of the strangest creatures ever discovered. And it’s not what you’d expect. It’s a caterpillar. But it doesn’t eat leaves. It doesn ...

Discover the fascinating pelecinus wasp, a harmless yet eerie insect that uses its long tail to lay eggs in beetle larvae. Native to the Americas, this creature is a marvel of nature's design. This ...

Toad bugs can be found along the shorelines of streams and rivers in 40 states and three Canadian provinces, according to researchers. Andy Calhoun via Unsplash A small insect, which researchers ...

Cockroaches tend to unsettle people for obvious reasons, though their biology is often stranger than their appearance. One ...

Here’s what compound eyes really do — and why flies see you in slow motion. In this episode of Big Ideas, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the structure of ommatidia to motion ...

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...