There’s a place in Chicago where bugs are the celebrities, and most people have no idea it’s even there. The Insect Asylum in ...

Finding wild animals on your property usually brings excitement or concern. You might want to grab an animal control ...

After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

Spiders and insects may not be fan favorites, but they are vital to the health of ecosystems—and scientists barely know how they’re doing. Researchers found that nearly 90% of North America’s insect ...

Opinion: An alarming new study documents the accelerating rate of decline in U.S. bird numbers, writes Gerald Winegrad.

If you’ve ever wondered what heaven looks like for someone who loves bugs, The Insect Asylum in Chicago is probably it. This peculiar little museum in Logan Square celebrates the six-legged, the ...

Study finds 88% of North American insects haven’t been assessed for extinction risk In A Nutshell The conservation status of ...

Amherst - Ecologists at UMass Amherst sound the alarm over how little we know about the ecological status of insects and arachnids, which are key to planetary health Members of the arachnid ...

Spiders, scorpions, daddy long legs, and countless insects quietly hold ecosystems together. But a new analysis suggests we barely know how most of these species are doing. The biggest surprise isn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eating insects is a long-standing culinary tradition for billions of people across the world. With over 2,200 edible species ...

While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...