INSECTS

Shopping secondhand? Learn how to avoid common pests like bed bugs and clothes moths during your next thrift store haul.

From the luna moth to the Madagascan sunset moth, these species rival the most stunning butterflies.

These creatures don't live in Middle-earth—but they sound like they could.

See if you can spot the names of these common (and not so common) terms for animal apprehension.

Conservationists warn that the monarch could die out by the end of the century unless action is taken.

Research (and lots of dry-heaving) has revealed why the flower reeks of weeks-old road kill.

Three historic cemeteries, designed as refuges of the dead, are bringing their landscapes back to life for native plants and animals.

A new study on tarantulas reveals surprising insights into their relationship with army ants.

Not everyone gives directions the way you do—in fact, the way people tell others how to get where they want to go can vary by city, town, and culture. Some of these directional systems might just change how you navigate the world.

Cricket chirps can reach 100 decibels. So why do we use them as a byword for ‘silence’?

Goats have accents, hippos sweat something that looks like blood, and mosquitoes love feet. In the latest episode of The List Show, host Erin McCarthy dives into 28 animal facts that are sure to make you go "WTF?"

All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts.