When it comes to enormous insects, the movies may have it partly correct. Many of the world's biggest insects — take, for instance, the African goliath beetle, which can weigh up to 100 grams (about ...

Researchers have long used bugs in complex homicide and death investigations, but new tech aims to make it much easier.

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 ...

Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, winged insects as big as today's hawks ruled the skies. But at some point in their evolutionary history, something changed, and the giant bugs began shrinking, ...

To anyone with a phobia of insects reading this article, we’re so, so sorry. Australian researchers deep in the country’s wet tropics have identified a new species of stick insect – and it’s ...

We like big bugs and we cannot lie. So when our friend Doug Rhodehamel wondered, “What’s the largest insect that ever lived?” Weird Animal Question of the Week went hunting for giants, past and ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The rainy winter and warming temperatures have made Southern California a great place to live for more flying bugs. An influx of large, rather intimidating flying insects ...

Addison Lilholt, a science teacher at Green Woods Charter School in Roxborough, was preparing to teach a unit about agriculture when, in his research ventures, he stumbled upon a 2013 report from the ...

Insects may have tiny brains, but they can perform some seriously impressive feats of mental gymnastics. According to a growing number of studies, some insects can count, categorize objects, even ...