Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Once so common they were used as bait, Lord Howe Island stick insects are making a comeback from the brink of extinction.

A species of musical insect extinct in the UK has been reintroduced to the country from France, conservationists have said. The Species Recovery Trust released 11 New Forest cicadas this week into a ...

Cicadas from a 17-year cicada brood and shells shed by cicada nymphs sit at the base of a tree on May 29, 2024, in Park Ridge, Ill. Cicadas are of the order Hemiptera — the type of winged insects ...

It may not be Jurassic Park, but the San Diego Zoo entomology department received 300 eggs last weekend from a critically endangered stick insect. The Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, ...

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a "warning to humanity".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

A sweeping report published in the journal Plants People Planet assessed the health of the 881 tree species in the contiguous U.S. The recently released threat assessment found between 11 and 16 ...