Photo Caption: The Texas giant walking stick is the longest insect in the US. Photograph by Forrest M. Mims III. Several readers have asked me to identify giant insects in photographs they have sent.

Insects have long rivaled the best human illusionists, creating magic right before our eyes. However, one particular bug stands out from the rest, not only in size but in its ability to blend ...

Insects all over the Earth come in all shapes and sizes, from pesky mosquitoes to beautiful butterflies. The teeny tiny ...

A walking stick insect camouflages with a chamise shrub in southern California. The ability of the the insect, Timema cristinae, to be well camouflaged affects other insects living on the same plant.

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Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have been named for their granite boulder habitat: Choerophyrne koeypad (“rocky ...