Once thought to have evolved inside the Tube network, a tunnel-dwelling mosquito might actually have emerged thousands of ...

No matter how many buildings a student has had to traverse to attend classes, there remain parts of campus that have never ...

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth ...

Ancient New Zealand insect fossils reveal new genus of whitefly and first psyllid wing, enriching knowledge of Miocene ...

The Luomus zoological collections comprise some 10 million specimens, mostly of insects. The collections are primarily used for taxonomic and systematic research in Finland and abroad. They are also ...

and information from specimen labels can inform us how animals are reacting to climate change. Recently, the CU Museum of Natural history got a new tool to aid its digitization efforts: a camera and ...

Field Museum visitors see less than 1% of its total collection. So where's the rest of it? CBS News Chicago went on a tour ...

The collection also has a taxonomic significance as Linnaeus mentions part of the collection in his Systema Naturae, 1758. The Sloane collection contains insect specimens collected and purchased by ...

Each time Museum entomologist Dr Steen Dupont wanted to compare insect specimens, he faced using expensive and fiddly equipment to repeatedly reposition them so that he could study their details from ...

Things to remember when considering digital pictures: If insect is found feeding on a plant, correct specimen identification may also require an identification of the plant as well. Here are some ...