ST PAUL, Minn. — Not far from the KARE 11 studio, at the University of Minnesota's Department of Entomology, there are millions of dead insects just hanging out in storage. So, naturally, we just had ...

Scientists created a massive digital library of ants using synchrotron X-ray scanning, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

CHAMPAIGN — A single leafhopper is small, but the task at hand is enormous. Scientists at the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign, part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of ...

A stunning array of insects catch the light behind a glass pane where they hover on pegs above yellowed tags. The sheen of their fibrous wings and the careful posing of their articulated limbs make ...

A new bug is joining the shelves of the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s 7-million-strong insect collection, one made not of antennae and exoskeleton, but of wires and lenses: “Lightning Bug,” a ...

A Titan beetle specimen can reach a high and profitable valuation, but only after meeting specific requirements. The Titan beetle, a member of the Cerambycidae family, is difficult to find due to its ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- About 80 percent of all animals on the planet are insects, and the Enns Entomology Museum at the University of Missouri has one of the most important collections in the world. The ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a reputation that borders on myth, given that it’s rarely seen alive, which is why ...