Learn how surface tension enables water striders to skate, and how nature’s tiny engineering marvels inspire robotics.

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They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

September is arriving, which means Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are finally getting into fall and spring, depending on their hemisphere. As usual, a new month means a new set of critters to ...

On Monday’s show: We talk with a local entomologist about the varied world of insects in our region, then talk with local animal welfare groups about the challenges they face.

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

A good class pet is active during the school day, comfortable with the average temperature and humidity in the building, and ...