Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an ...

Among New Zealand’s endangered insects is the iconic Wētā. They are one of the South Pacific nation’s most recognizable creatures with their large bodies, spiny legs, and curved tusks.

A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution. The long-tailed stonefly, Zelandoperla ...

New Zealand insect has whale-like ears. Tuesday, 18 December 2012 Anna Salleh ABC. The ears of this 8-centimetre long Auckland tree weta are the white disks that can be seen on the two front legs ...

A study in New Zealand shows how man-made changes to an ecosystem can radically reshape the bodies of insect inhabitants. By Veronique Greenwood New Zealand’s South Island was once covered in ...

This is not good news for entomophobia sufferers. A former park ranger traveling in New Zealand has stumbled across the world's largest insect, a Weta Bug, with a wing span of seven inches and the ...

Weta, largest insects on Earth, are the zombies of New Zealand (That's Wild!) Published: Oct. 08, 2013, 7:16 p.m. Not only freaky looking, Wetas are HUGE, being among the largest insects on Earth.

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

Who came up with the idea? Daylight saving time was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealand postal worker and amateur entomologist. Hudson suggested moving clocks ahead in ...

New Zealand has some of the highest numbers of wasps in the world, and is now taking action to tackle them by introducing two insects from Europe. The hover fly and wasp-nest beetle were given the ...

New Zealand has some of the highest numbers of wasps in the world, and is now taking action to tackle them by introducing two insects from Europe. The hover fly and wasp-nest beetle were given the ...