The insect flutters her antennae to taste the egg mass beneath her, movements stuttering like stop-motion animation. She resembles a little black ant, but the scientists gathered around her know ...

Dobsonflies are a large insect species that live near rivers and streams. Learn what they look like, what their life cycle is like, and the benefits they have for their ecosystem.

Insect eggs are extremely rare in the fossil record, and intact egg cases are even rarer. This is likely the only fossilized grasshopper egg pod on record, and it offers a view of their ...