Fifty years ago, Geoff Parker’s pioneering scholarship on “sperm competition” in insects was broadly overlooked. Since those days, hundreds of studies in many animals have confirmed the importance of what he discovered while watching flies mate around cow pats.

Think before you swat: The much-maligned fly could be the key to ensuring future supplies of many of the world’s favorite foods

Entomologists wonder if the insects currently pollinating farmed cacao are the right ones for the task.

The spread of tawny crazy ants may be driven, in part, by their need for calcium.

As they craft their humble lives from piles of manure, the insects look to the skies for direction

Some spiders pair puny males with gigantic females, making mating both tricky and dangerous. Why and how such mismatches evolved remains curiously enigmatic.

This insect's unique reproductive biology could lead to new ways to control the species in the environment – and prevent the deadly sleeping sickness it spreads to people.

Are 'murder hornets' from Asia invading North America? A Japanese entomologist who's been stung by one and lived to tell the tale explains what's true about these predatory insects.