Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

A bored researcher, boxes of left-behind Husky homework and the painstakingly documented entomology specimens of a 1960s faculty member formed the chrysalis for the Michigan Technological University ...

A stunning array of insects catch the light behind a glass pane where they hover on pegs above yellowed tags. The sheen of their fibrous wings and the careful posing of their articulated limbs make ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey has been working to preserve historical specimens of organisms that originated in ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- About 80 percent of all animals on the planet are insects, and the Enns Entomology Museum at the University of Missouri has one of the most important collections in the world. The ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Not far from the KARE 11 studio, at the University of Minnesota's Department of Entomology, there are millions of dead insects just hanging out in storage. So, naturally, we just had ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a reputation that borders on myth, given that it’s rarely seen alive, which is why ...

During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more ...

Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, together with data scientists, have developed a new method to largely automate the extraction of label information from digitized insect specimens. The ...