Bugs
What to Expect When the Cicadas Emerge This Spring
A trillion cicadas expected to invade the Washington metropolitan region when the ground warms to 64 degrees
Using Amber-Filtered Bulbs Instead of White Light Attracts Fewer Bugs
In a tropical rainforest study, 60 percent fewer insects visited traps illuminated in a golden glow. Researchers say the results may be widely applicable
How Did This Grasshopper End Up Trapped in a Vincent van Gogh Painting?
New research offers insights on "Olive Trees" (1889), including the story of the hapless insect trapped on its thickly painted surface
Historic British Mansion Fights Moths With Tiny Parasitic Wasps
The moths eat wool and silk, putting historic artifacts—like a tapestry gifted to the house by Catherine the Great—at risk
Aboriginal Australians Dined on Moths 2,000 Years Ago
The discovery of an ancient grindstone containing traces of the insect confirms long-held Indigenous oral tradition
Small Spiders With Big Appetites Use a Pulley System to Catch Large Prey
New research and videos show how spiders in the Theridiidae family hoist up prey 50 times their size
Felines May Use Catnip for More Than Just Euphoria
The plant may keep pesky mosquitos away
Kibbles and Bugs? Purina Just Launched Pet Food Made of Fly Larvae
The move is meant to diversify how the company obtains protein for its products
14 Fun Facts About Frightening Animals
From snakes that eat their prey alive to primates that inject their peers with flesh-rotting venom, these are the scariest deeds committed by critters
How Ultra-Sensitive Hearing Allows Spiders to Cast a Net on Unsuspecting Prey
Sounds trigger the ogre-faced spider to backflip and shoot a silk trap on other insects
The Secrets of the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle's Almost Unsquishable Strength
Researchers hopped in a Toyota Camry and drove over the beetle twice...for science—and it survived
First Live ‘Murder Hornet’ Captured in the U.S.
Scientists aim to eradicate Asian giant hornet nests in the next few weeks so that the insects do not establish a population on the West Coast
Invasive Pest Threatens Future of North American Ash Trees
A new study shows that ash tree populations are not growing fast enough to replace the trees killed by ash borer larvae
Can Scientists Stop the Plague of the Spotted Lanternfly?
The voracious, shape-shifting insect native to Asia is attacking crops, vineyards and trees
Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Reach Eight New Jersey Counties
The insect is an 'excellent hitchhiker,' says the New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Why We Need to Save the Parasites
Extinction will have lasting and far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, and subsequently for humans
Five Scientific Achievements That Happened During Coronavirus Lockdown
Quarantine did not stop these innovators from discovering new species, creating the elusive fifth state of matter remotely, and more
Join a Smithsonian Entomologist and the Monterey Bay Aquarium for This Beetle-Centric 'Animal Crossing' Livestream
Airing on the aquarium's Twitch channel at 4 p.m. EST today, the two-hour session will focus on the video game's diverse insect population
The World's Most Interesting Insects
A new title from Smithsonian Books highlights the diversity of Earth's 10 to 100 million insect species
Fourteen Fun Facts About Love and Sex in the Animal Kingdom
Out in the wild, flowers and candy just aren’t gonna cut it
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