The RIKEN researchers hypothesized that insects could serve as living chemical factories, performing the types of chemical modifications to nanocarbons that are difficult to replicate in the ...

Here's Why. Insect repellents may make sunscreen less effective. And it's unwise to reapply repellent every 2 hours—a must with sunscreen. By Kevin Loria Senior Health & Food Reporter May 9, 2025 ...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...

One of the nation's biggest insect zoos is coming to a bittersweet end. After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of ...

One of the nation's biggest insect zoos is coming to a bittersweet end. After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of ...

According to the study, there are about a million known insect species around the world. Of these, just 12,100 species have been assessed under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Keep on upgrading your glaives and your bug friends will follow suit. Monster Hunter Wild ’s Insect Glaive isn’t the easiest weapon to use, but it can be very rewarding.

News & Views Published: November 2007 RNAi for insect-proof plants Karl H J Gordon & Peter M Waterhouse Nature Biotechnology 25, 1231–1232 (2007) Cite this article ...

For every person on Earth, it’s estimated there are 200 million insects. Hello, curious kids! Do you have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to .

However, the mass farming of insects for food and feed is a modern practice. Over the last decade, the insect farming industry has been hailed as a silver bullet for many of our food system’s ...

Dr. Barrett Klein. Credit: Jen Towner Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, ...

“I don’t know any insect ecologist that doesn’t agree that insects are now declining,” Black said. “This was a question 10 years ago. It’s not really a question now.” ...