Insects
If it has six legs and looks semi-alien, it probably plays a crucial role on our planet. The latest on insects, and the entomologists trying to shed light on their importance and uniqueness.
Latest Insects Stories
When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate
Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals
How robber flies spear their prey with long sucking mouthparts
These extinct termites have been stuck in a mating position for 38 million years
How a single honey bee colony led to a species invasion
The butterfly redemption: Inside the quest to save a struggling species
Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps
The grain moths have finally reached Antarctica
Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers
Cyborg locusts may one day help search-and-rescue missions
Moths fight against echolocating bats with sounds of their own
Getting rid of bed bugs is trickier than ever
Why artificial light—and evolution—trap moths
Invasive ants leave lions scrambling for prey on the savannah in an ecological chain reaction
How bug ‘wranglers’ help document the lives of flies, dung beetles, and more
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These insects have 80 times the suction power of an elephant and pee at an alarming rate
Ants could help us beat future pandemics
Temperature tells honey bees what time it is
Paper wasp nests have a secret fluorescent glow
A close look at amber fossils that have stuck through the ages
The government is raising an army of parasitic wasps to fight invasive beetles
These insects preserved in amber are still glowing 99 million years later
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