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If you’re a mosquito and it’s a warm spring afternoon, you’re out cruising the air currents on your tiny wings. But as you ...
Do we have the right to turn insects into cyborgs that we can control to do our bidding, including our military bidding, if they feel pain or have preferences or anxieties? Making a cyborg animals can ...
Many plants in Texas landscapes are suitable hosts for aphids, including bedding plants, ash, barberry, boxelder, crape ...
It's "Bug Fair," a science-splendid celebration that is scurrying toward its 39th outing at the Natural History Museum. The ...
For the next few weeks these raucous insects will swarm across several states before disappearing around mid-summer. 2025 is ...
Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most ...
For decades a popular myth persisted that bee flight was impossible, but high-speed photography has revealed the secret ...
The world’s essential pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates. Far ...
Brood XIV of the 17-year cicadas is emerging in 2025! Learn where to spot these fascinating insects, their life cycle, and ...
They have bulging eyes and semi-transparent wings. You may have ... parasites and spread diseases to humans and livestock. How to get rid of them: Using insect repellent helps reduce gnat ...
Pacific field crickets in Hawaii evolved quieter songs to evade invasive flies, but flies adapted, illustrating a rapid ...
Pollenia pediculata is the cluster fly species we discovered on the North Shore for the first time in 1984. It may have ...