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Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds. While insects may bug people at ...

When it comes to enormous insects, the movies may have it partly correct. Many of the world's biggest insects — take, for instance, the African goliath beetle, which can weigh up to 100 grams (about ...

For the past few summers, we have had these large insects that dig holes along our sidewalk. They are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long with stripes across their body. They remind us of tiger stripes. The ...

There is a type of cockroach that can go without breathing for seven minutes at a time, and a moth pupa that can go several hours without breathing. Now a new study in The American Naturalist reports ...

To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Climate change and habitat loss from big ...

A bee searches for pollen on a flower during a sunny spring day in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 8, 2022. A study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 says habitat loss from ...