Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Fossilized mating insects are an irreplaceable tool for understanding the evolution of mating behaviors and life history traits in the deep-time record of insects. A research group led by Prof. HUANG ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating behaviors among insects and arachnids. Stag beetles square off in a wrestling match ...

MISSOURI, USA — There are imposters hidden among Missouri's emerging periodical cicadas. While the insects are near the end of their life cycle and begin mating, some cicadas have been hijacked and ...

Physiologically, ants are simple organisms, but their behavior is surprisingly complex. These tiny insects are driven by work and the wellbeing of the colony as a whole. A Clark University researcher ...

A pair of fossilized termites are proving that love can last forever -- when frozen in amber -- and that their extinct species got it on 38 million years ago roughly the same way as termites today, ...