The 2008 film Wall-E depicted Earth as a post-apocalyptic wasteland with nothing on it but the abandoned remnants of human ...

Australia names a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, found high up in the tropical forest of Queensland.

Bug enthusiasts will be seeing red at this year's Arizona Insect Festival, which will feature a new exhibit on a prickly pear parasite used for centuries to make a prized ...

No kidding! (Pun completely intended.) It's always a good sign when an animal feels safe enough to fall asleep, but having a ...

New study shows insect populations declining even when people aren't around to bug them. A new study out shows insect populations are declining even without direct inference from humans. We asked one ...

As ancient routes are disrupted, animals are finding roads, homes, oil wells in their way. Butterflies are fading from forests. Giant fish are running into dams ...

Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North ...

Human resources giant Workday has disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to a third-party customer relationship management (CRM) platform in a recent social engineering attack.

Farming of giant prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) is a booming industry, worth more than US$2.45 billion. But the gene pool from which prawns are bred is narrowing. China farms more than half of all ...

A previously unknown giant stick insect has been discovered in the high-altitude rainforests of Australia — and it may be the heaviest insect ever recorded in the country. The colossal critter, which ...

Nestled in forests around the world, a gentle army of giant wooden trolls want to show humans how to live better without destroying the planet. Southwest Portlanders welcomed one such troll, Ole Bolle ...

Doctors at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center say throat and tongue cancer cases have shifted in the last 30 years, with fewer tied to smoking and alcohol. Friday marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, ...