Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an ...

A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution. The long-tailed stonefly, Zelandoperla ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

It’s hoped that through competitions like Bug of the Year, greater awareness will be brought to velvet worms and other bugs in New Zealand, spurring us on to learn even more about them – even ...

The Perot Museum’s “Bug Lab” exhibit spotlights insect science and bio-inspired innovation with immersive, family-friendly ...

A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago challenges the understanding of ‘native’ species.