Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of ...

The Shakira wasp is a parasite of caterpillars, feeding and developing inside them and causing them to bend and twist their abdomens in a distinctive way, which reminded lead author Scott Shaw and ...

Biotech startup Cortical Labs claims to have taught living human brain cells how to play the seminal video game "Doom." In 2022, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs made a big splash after ...

Ants and other species who lived alongside dinosaurs but preserved in fossilized tree resin reveal a great deal about their ...

These caterpillars rely on ants to tend them, and they use a surprisingly complex sense of rhythm to make it happen ...

A Mississippi State University medical entomologist has gained social media fame for his "Bug World" videos. Jerome Goddard's videos focus on disease-carrying insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and lice.

A bug-spray billboard, designed as a giant insect trap, has angered many on social media. The advertisement's unconventional approach affects insect life by using living creatures for promotional ...

Watch the Obey the Insect God trailer for the upcoming 2D platformer action-adventure game. Step foot into the lair of the Insect God...if you dare. Face brutal enemies in pulse-pounding combat with ...

A rare fossil insect from Tibet, given the name Zekuforma maculata, reveals that a landlocked lineage of ‘true bugs’ briefly tested semi-aquatic life. The discovery rewrites about 230 million years of ...