When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

Downtown Riverside will be bugging out Saturday for the 11th annual “Insect Fair,” featuring an assortment of creepy crawlers for people to see, touch and possibly taste. The UC Riverside Department ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created ...

Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

Houseplant pests typically hitchhike a ride into your home. “Insects can be present when you purchase a plant, though you may ...

But no known wasp or any other insect does so with bizarre flaps quite like this one. “I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a ...