Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a ...

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...

Insects first took to the skies about 350 million years ago, some 200 million years before birds first flapped their wings.

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

It may not be Jurassic Park, but the San Diego Zoo entomology department received 300 eggs last weekend from a critically endangered stick insect. The Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, ...

Tucked deep in Fernbank’s WildWoods trail, Levon Biss’ special touring macrophotography exhibit “Extinct and Endangered: Insects in Peril” features large prints of the United Kingdom photographer’s ...

For nearly a century, it was thought to be gone forever. The Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis), once one of the most common insects on its native island in the Tasman Sea, vanished ...

A "musical" insect that has been extinct in the UK for more than 25 years is being reintroduced as conservationists aim to re-establish their population. Scientists at the Species Recovery Trust this ...

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...