A Commack man has pleaded guilty to running a smuggling operation that imported and exported more than 17,000 dried specimens of exotic and endangered butterflies, bees and other insects. Charles ...

Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens. Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens.

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A man who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with more than 1,000 dried insects in his luggage – including 150 endangered butterflies – is expected to plead not ...

A single leafhopper is small, but the task at hand is enormous. Scientists at the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign, part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, ...

Visitors view insect specimens at the Shandong Museum in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 29, 2021. An exhibition featuring rare insect specimens kicked off here on Friday, with over 1,000 ...

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