insects

Pesticide resistance, efficient food processing, and self-defense are built right into the pest’s genes.

What is it, and why has it exploded now?

The average house surveyed was home to about 100 species of insects, arachnids, and other bugs, most of which are completely harmless.

Yeast breeds best in insect intestines, a new study finds.

These plant diseases and crop-killing critters cause many millions of dollars in damage, and mean very hard work for those that're trying to stop them.

The plant's chemical signal lures insect tourists, who get stuck and die—then their delicious corpses draw predators who scare off insects that might munch the plant.

Aphodius affinis beetles inhabit cow pies on the island of Jersey.

Andrew Neild, Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.

Researchers say they were “influenced and inspired” by Attenborough’s documentaries.

The Friendly Spider Program combines cognitive behavioral therapy, group hypnosis, and playtime with actual spiders.

A new study suggests that Victoria’s Secret Bombshell perfume can repel mosquitoes.

Scientists spotted tiny pseudoscorpions stowing away in bat fur in New Zealand.

Drägüs, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.O

Stick bugs arrived on the Mascerene Islands 22 million years ago from a surprising place: Australia.

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility // Public Domain

You may have heard the saying “don’t s**t where you eat,” but fall armyworms certainly haven’t.

The chewy nuptial gifts have no nutritional value.

Two new studies have huge environmental implications.

For plenty of people, a park populated by thousands of flying insects sounds more like a nightmare than a fun day out. But the concept becomes more appealing when it’s revealed that those bugs are all fireflies, whose bioluminescent properties make for a