Observations of insects and their feeding marks on leaves in modern forests confirm indications from fossil leaf deposits that the diversity of chewing damage relates directly to diversity of the ...

Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance alone Seven new leaf insect species, known as “walking leaves”, have been discovered. The insects ...

After the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period that triggered the dinosaurs' extinction and ushered in the Paleocene, leaf-mining insects in the western United States completely ...

At every stage in their lives, from egg to adult, leaf and stick insects prove to be prey that can trick their predators. The giant Malaysian leaf insect (Pulchriphyllium giganteum) starts life as a ...

For at least 47 million years, some insects have escaped predators by looking like foliage and moving like swaying leaves, a new fossil find suggests. Many creatures elude predators by blending into ...

An ancient stick insect species may have mimicked plant leaves for defense, according to a new article. Many insects have developed defense mechanisms, including the ability to mimic the surrounding ...

Insect herbivores have caused more damage to plant matter from leaves in recent history than millions of years ago, according to a new study from a University of Maine postdoctoral researcher. Despite ...