insects
The International Space Station Will Soon Help Track Bird and Insect Migration
75 percent of small birds and bugs are too small to track globally. The ICARUS initiative will change that.
What to Do When Priceless Art Meets Hungry Insects | Conservation Lab
Before entering the Menil Collection in Houston, an installation of wood and soil gets quarantined in an oven and a zero-oxygen chamber.
Scientists Used a Little Bee Puppet to Teach Real Bees How to Play Bee ‘Soccer’
A new experiment tests out bees’ abilities to learn new skills.
Meet the Scientists Who Are Making Bread with Cockroach Flour
Two scientists from the Federal University of Rio Grande, in Brazil, have developed a flour made of cockroaches that contains 40 percent more protein than the normal wheat flour.
Woah, Dissected Insects Make Great DIY Robots
“I dismantle the bugs' thorax and abdomen. They get sorted into groups and then just like with a robot, I attach one part to another until I have the finished piece,” Géza Szöllősi explains.
This Moth With a Golden Head Was Named After Trump
"By naming this species after the 45th President of the United States, I hope to bring some public attention to [...] the neglected micro-fauna component of the North American biodiversity."
Watch Genetically Modified Zika-Fighting Mosquitoes Released From a Van
Like an ice-cream truck—one that distributes genetically-modified, disease-fighting insects instead of sweet treats.