These strange insects may appear small and unusual, but many carry defenses capable of causing real harm. Some inject venom through sharp stingers, while others use powerful mandibles to bite with ...

The insect world is full of weird and wonderful evolutionary designs, and these remarkable species prove that butterflies are ...

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny insects, named for their frog-shaped bodies and powerful jumping legs, are so ...

How the Chosha praecursor insect may have looked. (Tihelka et al., Nature, 2026) As strange cases of mistaken identity go, ...

Amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar has preserved a wealth of fossils, offering insights into the diversity of the Cretaceous fauna of a 100-million-year-old forest ecosystem. The site continues ...

A prehistoric species of bug with claws has been discovered in Myanmar based on an intact fossil trapped in amber. The insect was found trapped in amber from a site in Myanmar's northernmost state of ...

Just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder, the truth comes out on Weird But True!–Fast Facts. Get ready for the craziest, kookiest journey of never-ending, strange facts you’ll definitely want ...

Driving along a nondescript section of Highway 115 a few miles south of Colorado Springs, it’s hard not to swerve at the sight of a gigantic Hercules beetle, its horns as tall as a house, standing ...

A dive into a bizarre speculative ecosystem where birdlike insects evolve unusual bodies and behaviors.

Here’s what compound eyes really do — and why flies see you in slow motion. In this episode of Big Ideas, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the structure of ommatidia to motion ...