Wild Things columnist Eric Brown is buzzing with enthusiasm about the varied insects to be found during a record sunny spring ...

To see the summer sky is poetry, though never in a book it lie, true poems flee.” – Emily Dickinson Tonight’s the night! At ...

As summer heats up, we begin seeing more insects. Some are pesky, such as mosquitoes and flies. Some are beautiful and beneficial such as butterflies.

Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) fly up 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to take shelter in the handful of high-altitude caves that ...

Several bird species, in addition to humans, have demonstrated they can use the stars to navigate great distances. And while ...

A threatened Australian insect joins the exclusive club of celestial navigators.

These crawling (and sometimes flying) critters can quickly go from an occasional nuisance to a full-blown infestation in ...

University of Florida professor Jonathan Day told us, “We’re in a big enough crisis with colony collapse with honey bees that I think anything that impacts a beneficial insect population is ...

hedge-fund manager Jason Mudrick was looking for his next big bet. He was as surprised as anyone that he settled on flying taxis. Mudrick specializes in distressed companies, often established ...

Photograph by Kendrick Brinson, National Geographic Cumming mounts a collection of insects for a customer. The purchases include a longwing butterfly, an emperor butterfly, and a giant ant lion.