It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music, and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...

Four-year-old Jake Stainbrook said grasshoppers are his favorite insects because he likes to catch them. “But I couldn’t catch that one!” Jake pointed to a grasshopper the size of a Volkswagen that ...

Jennifer Angus uses her bare fingers to delicately remove a pin holding down the thorax of a large, green insect affixed to a foam board she had used to transport its body. She must be careful: the ...

More than 300 entomologists from the United States and Canada are scheduled to attend the 67th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America's north-central branch June 3-6 at the Embassy ...