Insects
How Praying Mantises Can Jump Faster Than the Blink of an Eye
Stunning slow-mo videos capture juvenile mantises as they corkscrew through the air and precisely land their target
Ants Have Designated Toilet Areas in Their Nests
A new study shows that black garden ants have a relatively meticulous protocol for when nature calls
Luna Moths’ Gorgeous Wings Throw Off Bat Attacks
Spinning twin tails at the end of moth wings garble bats’ sonar cries, causing the winged predators to miss the tasty mark
City Bees Are Actually More Diverse Than Country Bees
Other pollinators don’t like urban areas as much as rural, but bees live in similar numbers across different landscapes
Cockroaches Have Personalities, Too
Feel guilty the next time you crush a cockroach
A Newly Discovered Caterpillar Makes a Deadly Fortress of Its Cocoon
Scientists have found a caterpillar in a Borneo forest that uses toxic tree resin to build an extra-safe home for its metamorphosis
A Museum’s Butterfly Emerged Half Male, Half Female
The rarity is like a natural experiment that tells scientists how genes and hormones interact to produce different sexes
Could GM Mosquitoes Pave the Way for a Tropical Virus to Spread?
Modified insects designed to stop dengue fever could make it easier for another disease-carrying species to take root
Ants Usually Turn Left While Exploring
It's a sinister version of human's tendency towards right-handedness
Meet the Stealthiest Assassin Bug in the United States
The unique and secretive species has been living among us unrecognized for a century
Bees and Wasps in Britain Have Been Disappearing For More Than a Century
Changes in agricultural practices since the 19th century may be a major culprit in the pollinators’ decline
A Worm’s Gut Could Help Dispose of Plastic Trash
Microbes found in the guts of waxworms like to feast on polyethylene
Manhattan Insects Eat the Equivalent of 60,000 Hot Dogs Each Year
Millions of urban insects act as efficient, largely unnoticed garbage disposals
300+ Species Just Joined the List of Threatened Plants And Animals
Overfishing, overhunting and habitat loss drove many of the new additions
Bed Bugs Can Transmit the Chagas Disease Parasite
The parasite is usually associated with Latin and South America, but was recently found throughout Louisiana, too
The Everyday Cannibals and Murderers of Los Angeles
Who needs film noir when you’ve got these insects in the City of Angels?
When Becoming a Man Means Sticking Your Hand Into a Glove of Ants
Young men must subject themselves to a ritual involving bullet ant-filled gloves not once but 20 times
Plants Can Sense When Insects Are Eating Them
Plants can sense munching vibrations that insects make, and respond accordingly with heightened defenses
Caterpillars Beware: Venom Won’t Protect You From Clueless Baby Birds
Young birds will dumbly peck at anything that crawls their way—even if it winds up teaching them a painful lesson
A Blood-Sucking Foe Lurks in Central American Caves
Kissing bugs, which can spread Chagas disease, turned up positive for human blood meals in caves in Guatemala and Belize
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