Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to these insect night shift workers. That’s a problem for everyone.

Understanding Insect Lifespans Most insects are cold-blooded creatures and cannot survive winter months. It makes sense, then, that on average, bugs live for only a few weeks or months.

For Professor Michal Segoli of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, these tiny creatures are a lifelong fascination and the ...

There are over 25,000 different types in Northern Ireland. Minibeasts are small creatures, like worms, snails, insects and spiders. The scientific term for them is invertebrates, which means that ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to ...

There are over 25,000 different types in Northern Ireland. Minibeasts are small creatures, like worms, snails, insects and spiders. The scientific term for them is invertebrates, which means that ...

Despite spending nearly 90 per cent of our lives under a roof, we know next to nothing about all the life that lives with us — insects: the most successful creatures on earth. In The Great Wild ...

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in ...

The catch? These are "hotels" for insects. Among the clientele are creatures such as bees, wasps, ladybirds and butterflies. The facilities are not to be confused with the Mandai Rainforest Resort ...