The scorpionfly (order Mecoptera) is one of nature’s most bizarre insects. Despite its intimidating name, the scorpionfly is ...

A team of Greek entomologists has identified a new species of cave-dwelling cricket hidden beneath the island of Kastellorizo ...

The natural world is filled with creatures so bizarre that they often look more extraterrestrial than earthly. Among them, insects easily take the crown. These bugs may look like dead leaves, others ...

Some aphids can contain three generations at once—a grandmother, her unborn daughter, and the daughter’s developing offspring ...

A new study on mayflies of the genus Ecdyonurus illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in nature can be. Entomologists at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart ...

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Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and deep-river fish. Many were found not in the wild, but in museum collections, ...

Bizarre footage shows termites locked in a "death spiral" — where they walk round and round in a circle following the insect ahead until they die from exhaustion. The footage was captured in Maleny in ...