Brightly-colored beetles or caterpillars feeding on a tropical plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer and parasitic diseases, report researchers writing in the ...

Nature doesn’t hold back when it comes to insects. While most people imagine bugs as brown, creepy, or bland, there’s a whole world of creatures that look like they were painted by a surrealist. Here ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Welcome to National Moth Week! (July 23-31) As an insect enthusiast, I encourage everyone to take a closer look at the vast diversity of moths that fill our world. Butterflies and moths belong to the ...

Most stick insect species blend into their surroundings to avoid predators. But the males of two newly described species from madagascar, Achrioptera manga and Achrioptera maroloko, are brightly ...

Occurred on August 14, 2025 / Antwerp, Belgium Info from Licensor: "In this video you see two females of a very colorful stick insect species (Calvisia khlongsokana). Towards the end of the video, one ...

Nature has always amazed us with its incredible colours, and some of the most breathtaking displays which come from the tiniest of the creatures, insects. From butterflies and moths to beetles and ...

The Soon team set to work on piles of used paper, printed with everything from ads to editorials. The pages were separated into a rainbow of colors, giving the paper crafters easy access for their ...

An international research team led by Yale University scientists has for the first time explained the preservation of colors in fossil insects. The discovery shows why colors change during ...