Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more ...

On the heels of the Asian lantern fly exploding in population in Ohio, researchers are now keeping an eye out for the Asian ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

The proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher: “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as ...

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My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...

The exploding ant, known scientifically as Colobopsis explodens, has one of the most extreme defense mechanisms in the animal kingdom. When threatened, certain worker ants rupture their own bodies, ...