Lyme Disease-Spreading Ticks Now in Almost Half of U.S. Counties
It's been nearly 20 years since the last study on the distribution of disease-carrying ticks.
It's been nearly 20 years since the last study on the distribution of disease-carrying ticks.
Ants have kept aphids as livestock for thousands of years.
The cockroach microbiome is responsible for the insects’ ability to find friends, a new study finds.
A new study on the genetic material from spider webs finds that there’s more to them than we'd once thought.
At 400 frames per second, crickets become ballerinas.
Thieves may be an established caste among some ant species.
The chewy nuptial gifts have no nutritional value.
Though they be but little, they are fierce. (Also: smart, resourceful, and clean.)
A study/horror story followed a bedbug infestation for more than a month to see where the pests went. Answer: Everywhere.
Researchers set up infrared imaging to see how the mosquitoes interact with mosquito nets in the hopes of designing better defenses against the malaria-carrying bugs.
A certain chemical compound fed to honeybee larvae determines whether they grow into queens or workers.
Working together, stinging Leptogenys ants from Cambodia paralyze their prey, then drag it back to their nest for dinner.
They air-condition their own nests, eat constantly, and choose their children's sex.
First off, they're not even spiders.
There aren’t many things more beautiful than a butterfly—or many things creepier than parasites. It’s hard to think that you’d ever find one of the former that’s also one of the latter, but nature is full of surprises.