INSECTS

While we’re outside enjoying the crisp weather, these tiny critters are scrambling inside our houses to keep warm.

The dreaded critters may hitchhike from hotel to home in your suitcase full of dirty clothes.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

"It's like having an irresistible chocolate shop on every corner."

The South American palm weevil is eating palms' hearts out.

Look out for the bull's-eye.

Jelly beans are shiny because they're coated in shellac, which is a resin that's secreted by the female lac bug (laccifer lacca) after it drinks the sap of trees.

Centuries-old tapestries, carpets, and taxidermied animals are at risk.

One city reported vermin in 2 out of 5 households.

Maggot therapy is making a comeback.

Drosophila melanogaster may seem like nothing more than a nuisance when your fruit gets too ripe, but medical research owes a great deal to this tiny little menace.

Scientists say the mouth-to-mouth exchanges transmit hormones and other important chemical information.