insects

The frequency of cricket chirps rises with the heat, and you can use them to estimate the temperature wherever you are—no thermometer needed.

The “minty“ honey comes from bees that occupy Green-Wood Cemetery.

The number of ants in the world is so large you’ll probably have trouble picturing it.

Don’t let misguided media sources compound your arachnophobia.

Some butterflies drink tears, eat poop, wear false heads, and kill to survive.

People have been “dropping like flies”—often due to weather—since at least the mid-19th century.

If you spot a mushroom growing in the same pot as your houseplant, there's no need to panic.

Dropping your bags in the hotel bathroom could save you from a bed bug infestation.

Protect your patio and other outdoor spaces with the best mosquito repellents you can find online.

The tick-borne illness causing inflammation and fatigue may be more prevalent than we knew.

No summer evening is complete without watching fireflies. Here are some fun facts about lightning bugs—which are technically beetles, not bugs.

Thanks in part to a snail, California bees are fish. No, this isn’t a Mad Lib.

Seeing a bunch of lightning bugs illuminate a dark sky is a spellbinding experience.

It's not in your head—there really are fewer fireflies than there used to be. Luckily there are steps you can take to help the insects.

Laura Ingalls Wilder recalled the devastation they caused in the 1870s in 'On the Banks of Plum Creek.'

‘Nannaria swiftae’ was named by a dedicated Swiftie whose favorite Taylor Swift songs are ‘betty’ and ‘New Romantics.”

With summer just around the corner, it's time to get ready for mosquitoes by getting a two-pack of Zap It! Bug Zappers are now on sale on Amazon.

Californians may not know it on sight, but there’s going to be something different about their mosquitoes this summer.

A new study is proposing an innovative way to eradicate invasive murder hornets: literal thirst traps laced with pheromones.

Trap-jaw ants have more tricks up their figurative sleeves than just trap jaws. And odorous house ants aren’t called that for nothing.

You may be grateful that your car's windshield is cleaner than it used to be, but the lack of bugs on the road isn't something to celebrate.

From really expensive NFTs to newly discovered shipwrecks to the latest developments in the world of K-Pop, here are a few things we learned in 2021.

Asian honeybees have developed a disturbing defense mechanism against hornet attacks: "screaming" with their wings.

Do praying mantises fly? Sometimes—and watching them take off nearly 200 times slower than normal is undeniably cool.