A rare Adonis blue butterfly in England's Yoesden nature preserve. Charles J. Sharp via Wikipedia A new survey of flying insects in Britain found their numbers have dropped nearly 60 percent since ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or places. That makes it hard to understand what is happening at larger scales. A ...

When researchers reviewed footage of flying insects, they saw that the bugs tilted their backs toward the source of artificial light. Imperial College London Flip on a porch light on a summer evening ...

Many plants, animals and insects are moving to higher elevations to escape the effects of a warming climate, but a strategy that is useful today may threaten their long-term future. Researchers at the ...