"Stick-insects were thought to evolve from a ground-dwelling adult form that deposited its eggs directly in the soil. We show that ancestral stick-insects actually remained in the foliage and ...

Scientists have created the best map of stick-insect evolution to date by combining DNA analysis and knowledge of their varied egg-laying techniques. The first stick insects flicked or dropped ...

Ninety-nine percent of the insects in our yards are benign or even beneficial, writes Jessica Walliser in her new book Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control ...

Many insects will not survive the winter in their adult form. Instead, insect eggs, nymphs, larvae and pupae find shelter under tree bark, in leaf litter, or inside rotting logs.

This makes them tough to find, but researchers led by John Huber of Natural Resources Canada conducted their search by seeking out insect eggs in leaf litter, soil and on plants in the Costa Rican ...

But that population of stick insects ultimately petered out too. The third try, a shipment of 600 eggs in 2022, was the charm, leading to the zoo’s current count of at least 400 individuals.

Spiders, for instance, wrap their eggs in silk, and scorpions give birth to live young. With no such restrictions, insects were free to exploit the full range of terrestrial niches.