The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC ...

At a popular geological park outside Melbourne, Australia, tourists have the opportunity to try caving. More than 50 people per day go on recreational caving tours in Britannia Creek Cave year-round, ...

At less than 3mm long, you may not think Dunatothrips aneurae seem like much. And—as I have shown in a new study published in ...

What will be the first ABC Insect of the Year? The ABC has begun its quest to find out which native six-legged marvel is Australia's most popular insect for 2024. Six insect experts have selected ...

This time, I didn’t have a choice. As we know here, in Australia, the insects are pretty big. And when I was picking the ...

After posting to a Facebook group of insect enthusiasts turned up no answers, Mr Tweed - who is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland - took the bug to the CSIRO's Australian National ...

Western Australian Museum insect expert Dr Nikolai Tatarnic told Yahoo News that tool use is traditionally associated with primates, dolphins and birds. But in the case of the newly described ...

Of the 119 insects collected from the rhinos, blowflies ( Diptera) and beetles ( Coleoptera) were the most abundant and useful for calculating the minimum postmortem interval for each rhino, the team ...

Skeleton weed is a serious problem which can significantly reduce grain crop yields. Together with the Department of Primary ...

This time, I didn’t have a choice. As we know here, in Australia, the insects are pretty big. And when I was picking the front device, there was one on my visor. I couldn’t see the lights.