Forensic entomology harnesses the life cycles and behaviours of insects to provide critical evidence in death investigations, particularly for estimating the post‐mortem interval (PMI). At its core, ...

Jennifer Zaspel, assistant professor, and Jeffrey Holland, associate professor, both in the Purdue Department of Entomology, pose with the robot called BugEye. Using 3-D imaging, BugEye is an ...

Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

A longhorn beetle munching milkweed just over a fence in the neighbor's yard was a covetous sight for Gary Hevel, public affairs officer in the Entomology Section of Natural History's Department of ...

Backyard Farmer will give some insect identification tips and more This week on Backyard Farmer we get some insect identification tips and hear about a young boy’s passion for gardening. In addition ...

It had long been avoiding Targets. A gigantic insect from a species that once flourished in the age of the dinosaurs was found for the first time in decades on the façade of an Arkansas Walmart, ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that ...

A new photography initiative is building a collection of high-resolution insect images and placing them online for anyone to download and use for free. The project, named "Insects Unlocked," was ...