We have 4.5 million bugs for barn and cliff swallows plus 810,000 for tree swallows and bluebirds, equaling 5.3 million insects total for those birds this season.

Insects may use light to figure out where the ground is. Artificial lights send them veering off course, data from high-speed infrared cameras suggests.

In a recent study, Sharps and fellow researchers surveyed 603 adults in the U.K. and found that only 13% of respondents said they would be willing to regularly consume insects, compared to 47% who ...

Sorting insects To collect the insects, Rafael set five large, tent-like netted traps off the tower at 26-foot intervals, starting at ground level and reaching up to 105 feet.

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not ...

Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for sale and consumption in the country, including locusts, grasshoppers, mealworms and several types of beetle.

In perhaps the most intensive study to date attempting to answer this question, researchers claim to have come up with “the most plausible model for why insects gather at artificial lights ...

It also requires very animate ingredients: the insects, like black soldier flies, and microorganisms that keep these ecological systems in working order. A trip to Mars for a long-term stay, then ...

Scientists wanted to learn whether bees, like humans and other mammals, had any interest in playing for fun's sake. They say they have evidence that bees do, and that could change how we view insects.