Insects are all around us – an ant on the sidewalk, a bee buzzing by, a butterfly floating on the breeze – and they shape the world we experience. They pollinate flowering plants, decompose waste, ...
Bed bugs are more than just a modern nuisance. New research shows they have been with us since humans first started living in caves around 60,000 years ago. That makes them possibly the earliest ...
Ladybugs lay down "trails" of scents to help guide other ladybugs to a meetup spot. Photograph By Javier Torrent/VWPics/Redux It’s an ongoing debate on TikTok: A couple wonders why one of them can ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. We humans might be the Earth’s apex predator, but it’s bugs that ...
Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...
Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human ...
In The Social Conquest of Earth, biologist and naturalist Edward O. Wilson writes of how humans and insects conquered the Earth by forming complex societies based on group cooperation, and he ...