They have one pair of transparent wings, with one on each side of their bodies. Although they are typically gray or brown in color, they can be mistaken for black from far away. These insects are ...

A Columbus woman's picture of a mysterious insect has gone viral on social media, with many guessing it was a hummingbird clearwing moth, which was confirmed by the Ohio Department of Natural ...

Experts are sounding the alarm about a tiny brown bug that can cause significant damage to gardens. While it might appea ...

Spotted lanternflies are on the rise in Ohio, with experts fielding more and more reports of the invasive insect across the state.

The wing scales of an orache moth, Trachea atriplici Thorben Danke Shockley agrees that Danke’s photography is complementing the work of scientists and conservationists. “Showing insects in a ...

Caption Insects incorporated two ancestral crustacean leg segments (labeled 7 in red and 8 in pink) into the body wall. The lobe on leg segment 8 later formed the wing in insects, while this ...

Instead of blood, most insects and arachnids have hemolymph, which is clear. But the cochineal’s hemolymph is ... When they emerge, butt first, they’ve grown wings. These can help them glide to other ...

Dealing with hordes of fruit flies in your home? An entomologist weighs in on how to get rid of them for good.

From their variety of spots to their hidden wings, there is much to learn about these helpful and charming insects. Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who ...

If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have a clear shot at first place ... furiously buzzing her wings or punching with her club-shaped back legs.

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of ... One lifts the lid from a large jar of clear liquor and deftly swats the attacking hornets into its opening, while the other takes a pickaxe ...

Some of the most institutionally destabilizing aspects of Trump-style populism may be inseparable from its core appeal.