The giant insect, native to New Zealand, weighs roughly as much as a chicken egg and was reduced to a single-island ...

A wētāpunga breeding programme that's been running for 15 years has shown signs of success, with 11,000 of the insects ...

Insects provide a whole range of benefits for other animals, including food, shelter, protection and even medicines.

New dinosaur-era insect found trapped in tree resin named after Teletubbies character - 'Noo-Noo' lived some 99 million years ago and featured long mouthparts that reached nearly twice its body length ...

Important new research from Australia recognizes five new stick insect species, two of which are newly described.

A multidisciplinary forensic investigation is underway to identify the individual whose skeletal remains were discovered last ...

Mandy Weaver, from Winnersh, died in 2018 after suffering an insect bite more than a year before.

While insects provide an essential food source for many vertebrate species, they're more than just a protein-laden snack.

Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss ...

A new review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity documents how vertebrates from sloths to chimpanzees rely on insects for food, ...

No spiders in this image, just in case even an image of them spooks you (Picture: Metro) Maybe there’s one in your bathtub, ...

UK residents dread the arrival of daddy longs ever each autumn and once again they are set to invade our homes across the ...