Researchers have discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in North Queensland's rainforests, ...

This is not good news for entomophobia sufferers. A former park ranger traveling in New Zealand has stumbled across the world's largest insect, a Weta Bug, with a wing span of seven inches and the ...

One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

Along the southern edge of the United States sits the state of Alabama. While it may be home to over five million people, much of the state is covered by forests (67% of the state’s total area, to be ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North Carolina is home to some of the largest insects in America. From beetles to ...

I like big bugs. I cannot lie. But which insect is the biggest? I asked my friend Rich Zack. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me the answer depends on how you define ...