Snow flies beat the cold by acting like a mashup of Arctic fish and polar bears.

Snow flies have an unexpected way of surviving freezing temperatures. They produce antifreeze proteins to block ice formation ...

If you’re interested in insects, consider adding an insect biology minor to your degree! It’s a wonderful way to learn about the evolution, biology, ecology and classification of some of the world’s ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

In the pitch black hours nearing midnight last March on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a team of scientists came across a ...

Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles use ...

Distinguished Professor of Entomology Jay Rosenheim noticed a trend during his office hours a few years ago: Many of his undergraduate students wanted research lab experience but were unsure how to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using weather radar, scientists tracked flying insects across the United States for a decade. They found stable national numbers ...

If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string ...

Explore the world of insects by adding an entomology minor to your graduate degree. This program is specially designed for students pursuing graduate research involving insects. You will deepen your ...

Luther students regularly present results of their entomological undergraduate research at regional and national scientific meetings of the ESA, usually with most expenses associated with attending ...

Insect developmental biology encompasses the study of the intricate processes that govern embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, and body segmentation in insects. Central to this field is the ...