For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 29, 2026 3:00 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tree swallows at a Great Lakes bird observatory are shrinking, a troubling finding that University of Michigan researchers said is ...

Ants are one of the most diverse groups of animals, with more than 15,000 species described so far -- and now, scientists are taking a much deeper dive into the anatomy of these small but mighty ...

Ancient animal skulls unearthed in a Caribbean cave have revealed a surprising chapter in bee history. For the first time, ...

A new estimate of insect diversity suggests there are at least 14 million to 20 million species buzzing and crawling around the globe. That’s double or triple other recent estimates, most of which peg ...

Soybean invertebrate pests were responsible for reducing soybean bushels by 1.4% according to Crop Protection Network’s 2024 survey of 19 soybean producing states.¹ The primary production-limiting ...

When we think about the future of disaster relief and emergency response, our minds usually drift toward a very specific image of high-tech machinery. We imagine massive aerial drones scanning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A macro wildlife photograph capturing butterfly resting on the ground. —Prasert Krainukul—Getty Images "If we don't even know that ...

Helpline volunteers from the UC Master Gardener Program will answer questions as part of their monthly Advice to Grow By ...

Author Jeremy Lent argues that human society runs on a flawed, exploitative worldview—and that embracing interconnectedness could enable a more sustainable future ...