Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

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 ...

Some little bug is going to find you some day. . . . —Roy Atwell The 1,000 professional exterminators who work in New York City last week generally felt that they were barely holding their own against ...

Most people first notice pill bugs while lifting a flowerpot or turning over a log, then watching small gray roly polies curl ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music, and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...

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