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From Superheroes to the Clitoris: 5 Scientists Tell the Stories Behind These Species Names

Science & Health

6 months ago

From Superheroes to the Clitoris: 5 Scientists Tell the Stories Behind These Species Names

Anthea Batsakis

Google Now Lets You Fill Your Home with AR Insects

Science & Health

6 months ago

Google Now Lets You Fill Your Home with AR Insects

Holly Brockwell

Researchers Created Tiny Camera Backpacks for Beetles

6 months ago

Researchers Created Tiny Camera Backpacks for Beetles

Andrew Liszewski

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colours of Ancient Insects

7 months ago

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colours of Ancient Insects

George Dvorsky

Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground

Science & Health

8 months ago

Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground

George Dvorsky

Worldwide Study Reveals Widespread Insect Decline Since 1925

9 months ago

Worldwide Study Reveals Widespread Insect Decline Since 1925

Stuart Reynolds

The ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Might Not Be As Hopeless As We Thought

9 months ago

The ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Might Not Be As Hopeless As We Thought

Yessenia Funes

The Climate Crisis May Have Helped Spawn Massive Locust Swarms In East Africa

12 months ago

The Climate Crisis May Have Helped Spawn Massive Locust Swarms In East Africa

Dharna Noor

A Massive Locust Swarm Poses An ‘Unprecedented Threat’ To East Africa

12 months ago

A Massive Locust Swarm Poses An ‘Unprecedented Threat’ To East Africa

George Dvorsky

New Species Of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey On Barbed Spikes

1 year ago

New Species Of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey On Barbed Spikes

Jake Buehler

OK, Who Tried To Infest This Pennsylvania Walmart With Bed Bugs?

1 year ago

OK, Who Tried To Infest This Pennsylvania Walmart With Bed Bugs?

Tom McKay

Amber Fossils Reveal Lice-Like Bugs Crawling In Dinosaur Feathers

1 year ago

Amber Fossils Reveal Lice-Like Bugs Crawling In Dinosaur Feathers

George Dvorsky

A 6,000-Year-Old Fruit Fly Gave The World Modern Cheeses And Yogurts

1 year ago

A 6,000-Year-Old Fruit Fly Gave The World Modern Cheeses And Yogurts

John Morrissey

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

1 year ago

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

D. Yeates and K. Hogendoorn and M. Sanders

Bug Scientists Uncover A New Cause Of The Insect Apocalypse

1 year ago

Bug Scientists Uncover A New Cause Of The Insect Apocalypse

Yessenia Funes

U.S. Mosquitoes Are Laying ‘Time Capsule’ Eggs That Can Outlast Colder Winters

Science & Health

1 year ago

U.S. Mosquitoes Are Laying ‘Time Capsule’ Eggs That Can Outlast Colder Winters

Ed Cara

Swatting A Fly Without Killing It May Cause It Pain For The Rest Of Its Life, Study Finds

Science & Health

2 years ago

Swatting A Fly Without Killing It May Cause It Pain For The Rest Of Its Life, Study Finds

Ed Cara

Roaches Are Getting Harder And Harder To Kill

Science & Health

2 years ago

Roaches Are Getting Harder And Harder To Kill

Ed Cara

Even The Flies Inside Hospitals Carry Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Science & Health

2 years ago

Even The Flies Inside Hospitals Carry Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

George Dvorsky

Spider Eating A Pygmy Possum Is Obviously Australian

Science & Health

2 years ago

Spider Eating A Pygmy Possum Is Obviously Australian

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Blood Feasts And Roach Vacuums: The Life Of An Urban Pest Scientist

Science & Health

2 years ago

Blood Feasts And Roach Vacuums: The Life Of An Urban Pest Scientist

Ed Cara

Who Knew Signs Of The Apocalypse Would Be So Adorable

Science & Health

2 years ago

Who Knew Signs Of The Apocalypse Would Be So Adorable

Patrick Howell O'Neill

Bed Bugs Have Been Creeping Around And Sucking Blood Since The Age Of Dinosaurs

Science & Health

2 years ago

Bed Bugs Have Been Creeping Around And Sucking Blood Since The Age Of Dinosaurs

Ed Cara

103 New Beetle Species Named After Star Wars Characters And Mythological Beasts

2 years ago

103 New Beetle Species Named After Star Wars Characters And Mythological Beasts

Jake Buehler

The World’s Biggest Bee Just Buzzed Into My Heart

2 years ago

The World’s Biggest Bee Just Buzzed Into My Heart

Hudson Hongo

World’s Biggest Bee, Once Thought Extinct, Has Been Found Alive

2 years ago

World’s Biggest Bee, Once Thought Extinct, Has Been Found Alive

Jake Buehler on Earther, shared by Hudson Hongo to Gizmodo

This Walking Robot Navigates Using The Sun, No GPS Required

2 years ago

This Walking Robot Navigates Using The Sun, No GPS Required

Ed Cara

Scientists Got Fruit Flies Drunk And Maybe Figured Out Why We Get Buzzed

2 years ago

Scientists Got Fruit Flies Drunk And Maybe Figured Out Why We Get Buzzed

Ed Cara

You Can Ship A Horrifying Number Of Live Mosquitoes Through The Mail

2 years ago

You Can Ship A Horrifying Number Of Live Mosquitoes Through The Mail

Ed Cara

Stop Using Blowtorches To Kill Spiders In Your House

2 years ago

Stop Using Blowtorches To Kill Spiders In Your House

Catie Keck

Why Flies Vomit On Their Food

2 years ago

Why Flies Vomit On Their Food

David Yeates and Bryan Lessard

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

2 years ago

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

George Dvorsky

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

2 years ago

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

George Dvorsky

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

2 years ago

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

George Dvorsky

French Ban On Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Which Bees May Find Addictive, Goes Into Effect

2 years ago

French Ban On Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Which Bees May Find Addictive, Goes Into Effect

Tom McKay

Insectarium CEO Says $68,000 Bug Heist Was An Inside Job

2 years ago

Insectarium CEO Says $68,000 Bug Heist Was An Inside Job

Rhett Jones

Viral Facebook Post About A ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across The US Is Totally Fake

2 years ago

Viral Facebook Post About A ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across The US Is Totally Fake

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

2 years ago

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

George Dvorsky

You Can Build This Creepy, Crawly Robotic Centipede Yourself, And Then Stomp It Back To Hell

2 years ago

You Can Build This Creepy, Crawly Robotic Centipede Yourself, And Then Stomp It Back To Hell

Andrew Liszewski

A Parasitic Disease Spread By Sandflies Is More Common In The US Than Previously Thought

3 years ago

A Parasitic Disease Spread By Sandflies Is More Common In The US Than Previously Thought

Ed Cara

Here’s A Photo Of A Tarantula And Wasp Fighting To The Death

3 years ago

Here’s A Photo Of A Tarantula And Wasp Fighting To The Death

I Do Not Like This New Wasp Species Whose Giant Stinger Lays Eggs Inside Spiders

3 years ago

I Do Not Like This New Wasp Species Whose Giant Stinger Lays Eggs Inside Spiders

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Meet Jason, The Tiny Beetle Stuck In Amber For 99 Million Years

3 years ago

Meet Jason, The Tiny Beetle Stuck In Amber For 99 Million Years

Jessica Boddy

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

3 years ago

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

George Dvorsky

Bug-Sprayed Clothing Really Does Keep Ticks Away

3 years ago

Bug-Sprayed Clothing Really Does Keep Ticks Away

Ed Cara

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

3 years ago

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

George Dvorsky

London Residents Warned That Invasive, Toxic Caterpillars Are Out In Force This Year

3 years ago

London Residents Warned That Invasive, Toxic Caterpillars Are Out In Force This Year

Tom McKay

43-Year-Old Spider, Believed To Be The World’s Oldest, Dies In Western Australia

3 years ago

43-Year-Old Spider, Believed To Be The World’s Oldest, Dies In Western Australia

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

3 years ago

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

George Dvorsky

Don’t Bother Trying To Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into A Rolling Wheel

3 years ago

Don’t Bother Trying To Outrun This Creepy Spiderbot That Transforms Into A Rolling Wheel

Andrew Liszewski

Newly Sequenced Cockroach Genome Explains Why They Are So Damn Hard To Kill

3 years ago

Newly Sequenced Cockroach Genome Explains Why They Are So Damn Hard To Kill

Ed Cara

These Glowing, Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Could Fight Malaria Instead Of Spreading It

3 years ago

These Glowing, Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Could Fight Malaria Instead Of Spreading It

Kristen V. Brown

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

3 years ago

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

George Dvorsky

These Warlike Ants Rescue Wounded Comrades And Even Provide Medical Care

3 years ago

These Warlike Ants Rescue Wounded Comrades And Even Provide Medical Care

George Dvorsky

Bed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes — And Possibly Making Us Sick

3 years ago

Bed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes — And Possibly Making Us Sick

Ed Cara

Swatting Mosquitoes May Teach Them To Stay Away

3 years ago

Swatting Mosquitoes May Teach Them To Stay Away

George Dvorsky

Flowers Express ‘Invisible’ Heat Patterns To Attract Bees

3 years ago

Flowers Express ‘Invisible’ Heat Patterns To Attract Bees

George Dvorsky

DIY Bed Bug Treatment Attempt Accidentally Results In Massive Fire

3 years ago

DIY Bed Bug Treatment Attempt Accidentally Results In Massive Fire

Tom McKay

Watching This Exterminator Remove A Gigantic Hornet’s Nest Sent My Heart Racing

3 years ago

Watching This Exterminator Remove A Gigantic Hornet’s Nest Sent My Heart Racing

Andrew Liszewski

Ridiculously Waterproof Fly Survives Dives Into Toxic Lakes

3 years ago

Ridiculously Waterproof Fly Survives Dives Into Toxic Lakes

Jake Buehler

Decapitated Male Mantis Still Roots

3 years ago

Decapitated Male Mantis Still Roots

George Dvorsky

The Darkwing Duck Action Figure You’ve Always Wanted, And More Of The Best Toys Of The Week

3 years ago

The Darkwing Duck Action Figure You’ve Always Wanted, And More Of The Best Toys Of The Week

James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski

Horny Crickets Will Save Us All

3 years ago

Horny Crickets Will Save Us All

Burying Beetles’ Embalming Butt Juice Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

3 years ago

Burying Beetles’ Embalming Butt Juice Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Jake Buehler

Killer Ants Snap Their Spring-Loaded Jaws 700 Times Faster Than You Can Blink

3 years ago

Killer Ants Snap Their Spring-Loaded Jaws 700 Times Faster Than You Can Blink

Jake Buehler

This Footage Of Carnivorous Wasps Devouring A Dragonfly Will Make Your Skin Crawl

3 years ago

This Footage Of Carnivorous Wasps Devouring A Dragonfly Will Make Your Skin Crawl

George Dvorsky

New Technique Creates Stunning 3D Images Of Live Insects

3 years ago

New Technique Creates Stunning 3D Images Of Live Insects

George Dvorsky

How The Dragonfly’s Surprisingly Complex Brain Makes It a Deadly Hunter

4 years ago

How The Dragonfly’s Surprisingly Complex Brain Makes It a Deadly Hunter

George Dvorsky

Praying Mantises Are More Badarse Than We Realised

4 years ago

Praying Mantises Are More Badarse Than We Realised

George Dvorsky

Do Insects Enjoy Sex?

4 years ago

Do Insects Enjoy Sex?

Sophie Weiner

This Thumbnail-Sized Spider Shoots An 25-Metre-Long Web Bridge To Cross Rivers

4 years ago

This Thumbnail-Sized Spider Shoots An 25-Metre-Long Web Bridge To Cross Rivers

Andrew Liszewski

This Cyborg Dragonfly Is The Tiniest Drone

4 years ago

This Cyborg Dragonfly Is The Tiniest Drone

Andrew Liszewski

A Third Of America’s Bee Colonies Died Last Year And That’s ‘Good News’?

4 years ago

A Third Of America’s Bee Colonies Died Last Year And That’s ‘Good News’?

Rhett Jones

Terrifying-Looking T.Rex Ants Actually Total Wimps

4 years ago

Terrifying-Looking T.Rex Ants Actually Total Wimps

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Your Umbrella May Be Getting An Upgrade Thanks To Ladybird Wings

4 years ago

Your Umbrella May Be Getting An Upgrade Thanks To Ladybird Wings

Bryson Masse

These Ants Do A Lion King-Like Ritual But With Chemicals

4 years ago

These Ants Do A Lion King-Like Ritual But With Chemicals

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Guy Loves To Cover His Hand With The World’s Grossest Bugs

4 years ago

This Guy Loves To Cover His Hand With The World’s Grossest Bugs

Adam Clark Estes

Scientists Froze Some Grasshoppers Mid-Bang To Study Their Genitals

4 years ago

Scientists Froze Some Grasshoppers Mid-Bang To Study Their Genitals

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

4 years ago

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Find That Mosquito Flight Is Unlike Anything Else

4 years ago

Scientists Find That Mosquito Flight Is Unlike Anything Else

Rhett Jones

Yet Another Reason Bees Are Screwed: Your Damn Almonds

4 years ago

Yet Another Reason Bees Are Screwed: Your Damn Almonds

Rae Paoletta

This Poor Cretaceous Damselfly Has Been Waiting 100 Million Years To Get Laid

4 years ago

This Poor Cretaceous Damselfly Has Been Waiting 100 Million Years To Get Laid

George Dvorsky

Malaria Mosquitos Have A Second ‘Nose’ Just For Smelling Humans

4 years ago

Malaria Mosquitos Have A Second ‘Nose’ Just For Smelling Humans

George Dvorsky

A US Company Is Making Ties From ‘Spider Silk’ Fibres

Science & Health

4 years ago

A US Company Is Making Ties From ‘Spider Silk’ Fibres

Drones Built Like Squishy Bugs Won’t Break When They Crash

4 years ago

Drones Built Like Squishy Bugs Won’t Break When They Crash

Andrew Liszewski

Robotics Researchers Discovered A Better Way For Insects To Walk

4 years ago

Robotics Researchers Discovered A Better Way For Insects To Walk

Andrew Liszewski

Anti-Mosquito Candles Totally Don’t Work

4 years ago

Anti-Mosquito Candles Totally Don’t Work

Kristen V. Brown

For Science, Ants Have to Run On This Never-Ending Treadmill From Hell

4 years ago

For Science, Ants Have to Run On This Never-Ending Treadmill From Hell

George Dvorsky

Watch Some Animals Eat Each Other While They Bone

4 years ago

Watch Some Animals Eat Each Other While They Bone

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Doctors Pull Live Cockroach From Woman’s Skull After Complaints Of ‘Crawling Sensation’

4 years ago

Doctors Pull Live Cockroach From Woman’s Skull After Complaints Of ‘Crawling Sensation’

Eve Peyser

This Is Quite Possibly The Ugliest Bug Ever Found Trapped In Amber

4 years ago

This Is Quite Possibly The Ugliest Bug Ever Found Trapped In Amber

George Dvorsky

Diabolical Parasite Grows Inside Baby Wasps And Eats Their Brains To Escape

4 years ago

Diabolical Parasite Grows Inside Baby Wasps And Eats Their Brains To Escape

George Dvorsky

Um, This Wasp Species Has An Ant Head For A Butt

4 years ago

Um, This Wasp Species Has An Ant Head For A Butt

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Bees Look Like Ants Because Nature Is Freaky And Amazing

4 years ago

These Bees Look Like Ants Because Nature Is Freaky And Amazing

Maddie Stone

Watching A Man Sting Himself With The Most Painful Insect On Earth Will Give You Nightmares

4 years ago

Watching A Man Sting Himself With The Most Painful Insect On Earth Will Give You Nightmares

Andrew Liszewski

Ants Exchange Messages When They Make Out

4 years ago

Ants Exchange Messages When They Make Out

Sophie Kleeman

Ancient Bug Discovered In The Heart Of Antarctica

4 years ago

Ancient Bug Discovered In The Heart Of Antarctica

George Dvorsky

Revolting Parasites Emerge From Dead Cricket And Try To Mate In A Ball Of Evil

Science & Health

4 years ago

Revolting Parasites Emerge From Dead Cricket And Try To Mate In A Ball Of Evil

Rhett Jones

Creepy Millipede With 414 Legs And Four Penises Will Haunt Your Nightmares

4 years ago

Creepy Millipede With 414 Legs And Four Penises Will Haunt Your Nightmares

George Dvorsky

A Future Where Tiny Swarming Robots Bring Me My Phone Is The Future I Want

4 years ago

A Future Where Tiny Swarming Robots Bring Me My Phone Is The Future I Want

Andrew Liszewski