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 ...

There are a lot of animals to love in the world… but insects are pretty low on most people’s lists. In fact, it’s said that 1 in 10 adults in the United States have entomophobia, a fear of insects.

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not because ...

Insects are all over the world, and they’re one of the most diverse groups, with millions of different species living in virtually every habitat possible. They come in various different forms, from ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Beluflin: Beautiful Luminous Flying Insects In the small forest of Flin Woods there was a huge village of fireflies. They lit up the entire forest, and ...

When researchers reviewed footage of flying insects, they saw that the bugs tilted their backs toward the source of artificial light. Imperial College London Flip on a porch light on a summer evening ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...