For the first time Filoli is offering walking bird tours. Rick Morris, our local Menlo Park bird photographer, joined the group yesterday. Here’s his report . Our group of eight participants were ...

Mosquitoes stop feeding because signals from rectal cells tell them they’re full, offering a target for preventing human bites.

There’s a place in Chicago where bugs are the celebrities, and most people have no idea it’s even there. The Insect Asylum in ...

Take a microscopic look at the intricate structure of a wasp stinger and discover how nature engineers such precise biological tools. This close-up reveals surprising details you’d never notice with ...

Victor Valley Museum's Arthropalooza: Ultimate Bug Fest returns with spiders, insects and hands-on activities for all ages.

Get out the hand sanitizer! You'll want to carry extra when you learn about this gross part of an airplane—and we use it every time we fly.

Analyzing 20 million recorded mosquito flight paths revealed the mathematical rules behind how these tiny predators move and ...

The undulating surfaces of Perani's high-resolution photos resemble chromatic pixels, stained glass, or even beadwork.

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. What’s not to like about cave crickets the size of a small puppy that snack on their own limbs? For ...

Abstract: The development of a wireless miniature backpack for cyborg insects incorporating wireless communication, low power, obstacle avoidance, and human survivor detection remains challenging.

In many animals, sex is decided by obvious physical differences in the chromosomes. But in ants, bees, and wasps, sex is often decided in a more unusual way: by whether an embryo carries two different ...