Bella Rubietta has devoted dozens of hours to helping a bug so uncommon she has yet to see it. The 14-year-old Prior Lake resident wrote a children’s book and brochures on the topic, held ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Texas Wildlife Day celebrates everything feathered, furred, smooth and scaled on February 1st. The family-friendly event takes place at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum in Austin, ...

No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...

Designed for people experiencing macular degeneration—the leading cause of vision loss among people over the age of 60—the glasses mimic insect eyes, which use anywhere from dozens to ...

Stick bugs are a fascinating insect variety. They have uniquely camouflaged bodies that make them fun models in science education. But their eating habits can devastate trees and damage forests.

However, ensuring a flourishing garden can be challenging, especially when it comes to pest management. While many gardeners resort to chemical treatments to fend off unwanted bugs, there’s a more ...

In London last week United Nations brass hats plotted the tactics and logistics of a great offensive against insects. In Egypt and Ethiopia, India and Iran, Arabia and, Rhodesia, scouts had been ...

According to Britain’s Nature, copying the principle used in the compound eyes of insects may get around this difficulty. Instead of having a single lens, as human eyes do, to focus an image on ...

A novel bio-inspired camera capable of ultra-high-speed imaging with high sensitivity was developed by mimicking the visual structure of insect eyes ... journal Science Advances in January ...

These insects are itty-bitty bugs that can take up residence in homes, where they have been known to cause damage to fabrics and fibers. If you've happened upon one of these clinging to your wall, you ...

The robotic insect can perform acrobatic maneuvers like ... The study was published in Science Robotics.