Some insects don’t run or fight - they trick. Mimicry lets them appear dangerous, invisible, or completely different from what they really are. It’s survival through deception, and it works more often ...

Japanese researchers turn tobacco cutworm caterpillars into living factories that create complex fluorescent nanocarbons.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Researchers led by Kenichiro Itami at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) / RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ...

Insects are vanishing from even the most protected ecosystems on Earth, and scientists say climate change is now the main ...

Ever wonder what happens to all the bugs when winter hits? They don’t just vanish – they adapt in some surprisingly clever ...

As May draws to a close, it feels summer is arriving. Daylight stretches well into the evening, temperatures are on the rise, and the soil is warm — ideal conditions for getting out into the garden.

Many insects are at risk of extinction. But when it comes to mosquitoes and ticks it feels like there are more of them.

Just like “the dress” divided the internet a decade ago, the insect smell question is one of the latest debates. So, why do some people pick up these odors, while others don’t? The answer ...

Photo by Estiak Jahan via Unsplash. In the fascinating world of insects, few defensive mechanisms are as dramatic and self-sacrificing as that of the exploding ant. These remarkable creatures, ...

Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the conservative Les Républicains party in France, informs his colleagues that the French would be eating "insects without their knowledge." Bartosz Kownacki ...

A couple kept two children in a dirty flat strewn with animal waste and insects on bedding. Christopher Beevers, 33, and Morgan Neil, 26, cared for the six and three-year-old boys at their ...