Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working reference libraries, containing pinned and labeled insects so that naturalists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 11—Taro Eldredge said he began collecting insects as a young child. "Little kids like worms," Eldredge said. "I guess I just ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ...

Looking for a fun summer activity for the kids? Madison County 4-H will be having an Insect Collecting Day Camp on Tuesday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Russel Acton Folk Center in Berea.

For the University of Arizona Insect Collection, several million specimens from the southwestern U.S. and around the world just aren’t enough. The department has received two grants totaling more than ...

There are so many insects in the world it’s impossible to comprehend their actual numbers. There are just too many of them! Even if you could picture how many are out there you wouldn’t want to. Their ...

Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...