Imagine a world without insects. You might breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of mosquito-free summers, or you might worry about how agriculture will function without pollinators. What you ...

Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

When first asked to review Michael Engel's new book, "Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth," I expected that what I would read would be reminiscent of Engel's ...

It was a kind of quest, with a cast of characters like the Unicorn Clubtail, Coppery Emerald, Arrowhead Spiketail and Umber Shadowdragon, names straight out of a sword-and-sorcery novel. But biologist ...

If you’ve been thinking about apocalyptic events lately, you’ve had quite a few options to consider: pandemics, invasions, resurging fascism, choking on the smoke from wildfires that have become a ...

It’s almost summer, which, for many people, means insects, which, for many people, means bug spray and pest control-- but reading award-winning graphic artist Peter Kuper’s new book, Insectopolis: A ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — including what naturalist and explorer William Bartram in 1791 called ...

It’s probably been awhile — and that’s a problem, Oliver Milman writes in his new book, “The Insect Crisis.” By Thor Hanson When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn ...

If the arthropods ever decide to hire a spokesman to work with homo sapiens, there's a pretty good chance that Barrett Klein will be on the shortlist. Not only has the University of Wisconsin-La ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — including what naturalist and explorer William Bartram in 1791 called ...