Stink bugs get an understandably bad rap, thanks to their smelly defense mechanism. Here's how to identify the harmful ones ...

Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay very still on their host plants to avoid predators. Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they ...

An international research team has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...

A recent Journal of Orthoptera Research article describes two newly identified katydid species endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains. The study examined the morphology and acoustic behaviors ...

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – An invasive insect that leaves a pattern on elm tree leaves was detected in Ohio for the first time this summer. Officials found a population of elm zigzag sawflies at the U.S.

Insects comprise a massive class of animals, many of which are intriguing to look at. But some of the most captivating crawlies out there are “walking leaves,” a category known for their strikingly ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...