Fossil evidence exists of giant prehistoric insects. Dragonfly-like creatures Meganeura monyi and Meganeuropsis permiana flew ...

In the face of an extinction crisis, one maverick botanist is on a mission to preserve some of the most endangered plants.

Tree swallows in the northern U.S. and Canada face the greatest risk from climate change despite responding to temperature ...

Ancient DNA indicates that humans’ ability and willingness to eat insects may have depended strongly on geography.

"Caddisflies are important to aquatic ecosystems, and they are a valuable indicator of water quality health," writes Sharon ...

Across a narrow watershed in Asakura, a rural city in Fukuoka Prefecture, centuries-old stone channels still guide water ...

National Geographic highlighted Canton Avenue, a street in Pittsburgh known for its steep incline. Here's how steep it gets.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talks about why wolves are thriving in California, a new estimation of the world's insect species and the universe's earliest quasars.

You’re not alone — search interest in apps that identify insects has exploded as more people trade dusty field guides for a ...

It’s 11 p.m. at Voyageurs National Park, and the wildlife night shift has been running at full capacity for hours, heralded by a lone, haunting wolf howl, the quintessential call of the north.

There may be up to 14 million more living insect species than previously thought, suggests a new study. The latest estimate of insect species on Earth found that there may be eight to 14 million more ...