Given that you can’t bring a bottle of water through airport customs if it’s over 100ml, we’re not sure 439 beetles would be any easier. A woman was caught in China trying to smuggle the insects ...

Beijing will launch a campaign against assaults by alien insect species on the city's trees to guarantee plenty of greenery for the 2008 Olympic Games, said a senior forestry administrator yesterday.

Australian scientists have just discovered a new species of giant stick insect and it’s… well, really big. Dubbed Acrophylla alta, the alien-looking bug can apparently measure up to 15 inches long and ...

The so-called ticks are not the only extraterrestrial bugs appearing on Alien: Earth. We’ve also got a nest of flies, which seems to live inside a hornet’s nest from our own world. We don’t know much ...

Non-native plants promote the spread of invasive insect species. They settle where their food plants already exist. This was discovered by an international research team with the participation of the ...