The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of ...

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Ever wondered if insects feel pain? We interact with them every day, and they're nearly 40% of all living species on Earth. Now new research explores the possibility that insects feel the subjective ...

Washington — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study ...

The Frost Museum of Science is digging deep with its new exhibit about bugs, called “Bugs.” Alex Miranda, Deco’s own little paleontologist, is here with the deets. We are at the “Bugs” exhibition at ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school—they are putting them on the map and even ...

The number of insect species is mind-boggling — and they are a critical part of the environment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

In his fierce, unending war against the insects, man is getting exactly nowhere. There may be as many as 2,500,000 species of insects infesting the world, and in the U.S. alone about 10,000 of them ...