US honeybee colonies took the largest hit since the Bee Informed Partnership started counting in 2006.

A decade-long study tallies the numbers of pest-eating, flower-pollinating hoverflies that travel to the UK every year, and illustrates their important ecological roles in southern Britain.

Of the Hemiptera bugs, milkweed-chomping Oncopeltus fasciatus have hung onto more smell and taste receptors than their liquid-guzzling relatives.

Over the course of their lives, the jumping spider Synemosyna formica wears two different ant disguises to fool preying birds.

Genetic material left behind on flowers can reveal which insects have visited.

Froghopper insects gain traction on smooth plant leaves by piercing them with tiny spikes.

Tiny insects carry the tomato spotted wilt virus, which causes infected plants to develop discolored ring-shape blotches.

Black-and-white painted skin can help protect from insect bites.

Biologists say a sound suspected to have caused headaches, nausea, and possible brain damage among diplomats is actually of insects chirping.