Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event Experts wonder if a glitch in the cloning process led to the production of a male insect.

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event. Science World’s stick insect ...

Following the recent storms in Bexar County, residents might notice large groups of flying insects — but what are these creatures?

Galls on oak leaves are harmless growths caused by specific insects. They have different shapes depending on the insect species causing the gall.

Female stick insects further extend this deceptive strategy to their eggs, which often resemble plant seeds in both appearance and dispersal methods. Some species’ eggs even have appendages that ...

The founders of UK insect-based food start-up Yum Bug have announced they are to wind down the business as they "couldn't deliver the returns needed to be sustainable".

Many species of stick insects, familiar insects with branch-like shapes, are known to reproduce parthenogenetically. Most of the stick insects collected in the wild, including the false stick insect ...

A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

In “The Insect Epiphany,” an entomologist explores the history of insects in art, food, engineering, and more.

If it weren’t for the katydid’s long distinctive hind legs, you’d certainly mistake it for a leaf! This insect lives in North America and is also called the greater angle-wing katydid or the ...

Boxelder bugs are known to gather on Boxelder female trees but not male. Boxelder bugs also live in other trees, as they are seed-feeders, and use their piercing mouths to draw sap from trees.

Explore the intriguing world of the pink winged stick insect, a marvel of nature's camouflage, now endangered in Madagascar's diminishing forests.