All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Nature doesn’t hold back when it comes to insects. While most people imagine bugs as brown, creepy, or bland, there’s a whole world of creatures that look like they were painted by a surrealist. Here ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

Most stick insect species blend into their surroundings to avoid predators. But the males of two newly described species from madagascar, Achrioptera manga and Achrioptera maroloko, are brightly ...

Brightly-colored beetles or caterpillars feeding on a tropical plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer and parasitic diseases, report researchers writing in the ...

I have a friend who has had bird feeders for years and is fairly knowledgeable about most of the birds that visit her feeders. However, the other day I was telling her about the warblers that were ...

With the warming days of spring, insects have begun to emerge. Their presence is a bit scattered at first, but with the continuation of mild days, they soon become more common. These early spring ...

From a distance, you might mistake Picasso shield bugs for little Easter eggs. But why are the insects so colorful, and what do they have to do with Picasso? PETBOOK author and biologist Saskia ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Looking for something ...

One of the most commonly asked questions about long-extinct ancient animals is what they looked like and, more specifically, what color they once were. Now, researchers have been able to figure out ...

Cirque du Soleil brings its new arena show, OVO, to Barclays Center in Brooklyn through this Sunday, July 9, followed by NYCB Live in Uniondale, Long Island, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial ...