New DNA and morphological evidence shows the earwig genus Epilandex belongs in its own subfamily, prompting the new name ...

Many insects can fold their wings back over their bodies, but dragonflies and mayflies can’t. That shared quirk makes the two insects look like close relatives, yet scientists have long disagreed over ...

A new paper published today (28 June) reports a new family of flies has been discovered in the UK for the first time. The Cottony cushion scale parasite fly (Cryptochetum iceryae) is part of the ...

A North Carolina State University study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that examining an insect's "family tree" might help predict a "cousin" ...

The family tree covering almost half the animal species on the planet has been re-drawn following a genetic analysis which has revealed new relationships between four major groups of insects.