The strange globes crowning Bocydium’s body resemble globs of Cordyceps, an insect-killing fungus common in rainforests. Though the pronota are large, they’re also hollow and lightweight ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the amount of forest destroyed for cocoa farming. Goliathus regius has ...

The world’s rainforests are disappearing even before they are fully explored. These ecosystems are thought to harbor tens of ...

Misunderstood and often feared, insects play a crucial role in nature – something that 31-year-old Wendy Zhang hopes to ...

The researchers measured diversity of seeds and seedlings from a rainforest in Belize, then tested whether excluding pathogenic fungi and insect herbivores from the same region—by spraying insecticide ...

Conservationists emphasize preserving rainforests and engaging local communities ... One of the world’s largest insects, the Goliath beetle, is teetering on the edge of extinction, and the ...

These insects, native to the tropical rainforests of southeast Asia, are “known for their exquisite beauty and striking resemblance to orchid flowers” and require highly specialized care ...