A new group of creepy-crawly creatures are moving into the Philadelphia Zoo this spring, including a 10-foot-tall stink bug that actually stinks. The new exhibit, Staying Power: Be Distinct or Go ...

It had long been avoiding Targets. A gigantic insect from a species that once flourished in the age of the dinosaurs was found for the first time in decades on the façade of an Arkansas Walmart, ...

Ever wonder how insects have survived for millions of years while dinosaurs became extinct? The Philadelphia Zoo's newest immersive experience has answers. Staying Power: Be Distinct, or Go Extinct!

An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs.

Feathered dinosaurs were annoyed by tiny pests that are still familiar to many schoolchildren -- and their horrified parents -- today: lice. Scientists discovered previously unknown tiny insects ...

While a 15-foot peacock jumping spider sounds terrifying, the Philadelphia Zoo has one and it won’t hurt you. And neither will the 60-foot-long Giganotosaurus. The zoo on April 1 will open a new ...

About 112 million years ago, dinosaurs stamped their gigantic feet on carpets of rain-drenched leaves, and troops of notorious blood-sucking bugs emerged from the towering conifers to feast on their ...

Dinosaurs were not just carnivores or herbivores; they were occasional omnivore too. We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems ...

“Don’t feed the animals” takes on a completely different tone when the animals are dinosaurs. The Philadelphia Zoo has brought back giant dinosaurs and larger-than-life insects in a new immersive, ...

As a child growing up in Medicine Hat, Andre Mueller was obsessed with dinosaurs — and now the McGill University master's student has made a discovery that's leading to new insights on the prehistoric ...

For a moment, I felt like I had been transported to another planet where the residents had huge eyes, colorful bodies and the ability to fly at incredible speeds or hang motionless in space. Then the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse of a ...