My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

"We found that when people received a paired image of an arachnid versus another arthropod, they strongly prefer looking at ...

When first asked to review Michael Engel's new book, "Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth," I expected that what I would read would be reminiscent of Engel's ...

A sweeping review of nearly 100,000 insect and arachnid species in North America has revealed a surprising and troubling reality: scientists lack even basic conservation assessments for the vast ...

Spiders and insects may not be fan favorites, but they are vital to the health of ecosystems—and scientists barely know how they’re doing. Researchers found that nearly 90% of North America’s insect ...

Peter Kuper’s book-length comic, Insectopolis: A Natural History, begins with an entomologist and her brother walking to the New York Public Library to see an exhibition on insects entitled ...