A bug over half a metre long discovered in southern China has been declared the world's longest insect, Chinese state media says. A stick insect measuring 62.4 centimetres found two years ago in the ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to ...

Tool use is widely reported across a broad range of the animal kingdom, mainly among vertebrates. Now, however, Chinese researchers have identified a remarkable example of tool use in the insect world ...

Terry Powers, 75, has been a lawyer, a car salesman and a jazz musician. Now, he’s a Buddhist beekeeper. “Better karma,” he said, tending to his hives on a recent sunny morning in Lower Coast Algiers.