Scientists studied the internal anatomy that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of Brazilian cave insects. By Jack Tamisiea The penis has a variety of peculiar shapes and sizes: the ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes and destructive crop pests, according to ...

Despite having sex with males, females of a Japanese stick insect species produce offspring that are genetically identical to themselves. Combined with other evidence, it suggests that the males of ...

A revolutionary new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes by offering ...

Scientists at the University of Bonn, together with colleagues from China, UK and Poland, have described the oldest evidence of brood care in insects: it is in a female scale insect with her young ...

Bugs are scary. But at least we can take solace in the fact that they’re small, right? Well, the goliath stick insect might ...