New research has demonstrated that edible insects are high in antioxidants—and whether or not you buy into the…

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System has warned Alabama residents to watch out for “Volkswagen Beetle”-sized…

Last month, an alarming scientific paper warned that over 40 percent of all insect species are in decline. News of…

You don’t just see one stink bug. You see seemingly infinite stink bugs: in the couch, among the dishes, somehow unde…

On a trip to Indonesia, gemologist Brian Berger purchased an opal that appeared to have an insect entombed inside.…

Very quietly, and without any formal announcement, the Common Names Committee of the Entomological Society of…

Bed bugs—the blood-sucking, chitinous nightmares which serve as the clearest proof that if there is a divine creator…

Do you have hobbies? Maybe cycling or carpentry or something low key? Well, this guy has a cooler hobby than you.

A tick sucks some monkey blood. A monkey’s grooming partner picks the tick off. The tick lands in some sap. The…

While it can sometimes feel like we’ve turned over every last stone on this planet, it’s a fact that the natural…

The strikingly beautiful Saharan silver ant is capable of withstanding some of the most extreme temperatures on the…

Bed bugs are among the most dreaded pests we have to deal with, and they’re proving to be a formidable foe. New…

Ticks—those unbreakable, blood-lusting arthropods that haunt your summer camp memories—have some fascinating genetic…

While it’s too early to say exactly why the Zika outbreak has been so vicious, our recent record-breaking global…

Science, isn’t it great? Especially when it’s bringing us fascinating insights like this one: there could be up to…

The Sunburst Diving Beetle has great eyesight, in part due to a bifocal lens. The larvae of the beetle go through…

It’s official: Parasitic wasps are the slave drivers of the insect kingdom. But if you’re thinking whips and chains,…

Yesterday, Burning Man organizers revealed the truth: the annual desert arts festival is infested with bugs. Swarms…

A phalloblaster is a must-have for entomologists. It’s a sort of alcohol squirt-gun that can be used to inflate the…

A senior reserves officer was walking through England’s Northamptonshire’s Pitsford Water Nature Reserve when she…