Insect specimens that have puzzled museum curators for decades turn out to represent a lineage so odd that scientists have named a new order just for them, the first one created in 87 years. The order ...

Australia is known for its exceptional biodiversity. The country separated from the supercontinent Gondwana nearly 135 ...

It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. The creatures pictured here are members of the first new order of insects to be discovered since before the First World War. The Mantophasmatodea, as they have been ...

Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber with a triangular head, almost-alien and 'E.T.-like' appearance and features so unusual that it has been placed in its own ...

Many representatives of the fauna possess unique masking abilities but stick insects are among the masters of disguise within the animal world. During a field trip in Guangxi, China biologists ...

The UK has a new order of insects, thanks to stowaways that set up home in the warmth of a glasshouse. The silk-spinning insects, known as webspinners, seemingly hitched a ride on imported plants.