An international research team has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...

In the bowels of the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park, the bugs were a mess. Sure, thousands of them had been pinned and tagged properly inside display cases. But scores of moths, ...

It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. The creatures pictured here are members of the first new order of insects to be discovered since before the First World War. The Mantophasmatodea, as they have been ...

Introduction -- Insects, spiders, and people -- Scope and arrangement of this guide -- Classification -- What is an insect? -- The body plan of insects and entognaths -- Growth and development of ...

Introduction -- Dichotomous keys -- External anatomy -- Insect development -- Taxonomic terminology -- Taxonomy, classification, and nomenclature -- Phylum Arthropoda ...