Gossamer research

Ant acoustics

Look who's talking

Unusual flight

Re-counting

Insect species are much fewer than previously estimated

Killing winters

Pest alert

Locust invasion

Bytes

Trillions of cicadas about to emerge from underground in 15 US states

Scientists say this is a sign that despite pollution, the climate crisis and dramatic biodiversity loss, something is still right with nature

Why do conservationists hide when the bees dwindle?

It’s time the country’s policymakers and researchers turned their attention to insect-benefitting agriculture

Ants take the shortest route to success

An Israeli mathematician offers proof of how ants, without a bird's eye view of their terrain, are still able to follow a straight route to food

The roachmobile

Researchers are teaching insects how to drive. This can lead to a wheelchair that can be controlled by twitching a muscle or two

Ants’ point of view

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Simply Put: Insect killers

A cloud of insects

Anti-afforestation ants

Relying on intrigue to survive

Some insects come up with amazing answers to the question of survival.

Friendly parasites

Ants forage at 'safe' temperatures

Army pests attack Zimbabwean farmers

Insect attack

Winged wonders

Chainsaw and beetles

Chicago is preparing to fell a large number of trees to get rid of the Asian longhorn beetle

The wing thing

Guess what is similar to the dull wings of a fruitfly and the colourful ones of a butterfly