Millions of years ago, oversized insects such as griffinflies boasting wingspans comparable to today's hawks scuttled across (and fluttered above) the planet. But why these jumbo jets of the insect ...

The largest males have bigger weapons, but smaller males have other advantages. Photo by Ummat Somjee When it comes to some members of the insect world, size variations can be mind-boggling. A ...

Social and subsocial spiders of the genus Anelosimus exhibit an altitudinal pattern in their geographic distribution at tropical latitudes in the Americas. Social species, which capture prey ...

Examining community-wide patterns for the most diverse animal group, insects, is fundamental to our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary factors that maintain tropical diversity. Using ...

Researchers have cast new light on why the giant insects that lived millions of years ago disappeared. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have cast new light on ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by how insects, tiny animals with even tinier brains, coordinate complex group actions. Colonies of weaver ants, for example, form living ladders with their bodies ...

People Can’t Get Over the Size of New Stick Insect Species Found in Australia originally appeared on PetHelpful. There are some seriously big bugs out there, but none quite like this one! A new ...

There are some seriously big bugs out there, but none quite like this one! A new species of stick insect was recently discovered in Australia, and it’s giving people the creeps. ABC News shared a ...