Harvard scientists tell a ‘hot’ story about beetles and plant sex
Flowers are often described as visual advertisements, using bright colors and strong scents to draw in insects. Yet…
Tiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brain
Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, inspired…
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
SWNS A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of…
Graphic flutterer dragonfly voted 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year
A formidable mosquito hunter with tiger-striped wings has been named Australia’s top insect for 2025. The graphic flutterer…
Spiders weave alarm system through web zigzags for prey detection
For decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now,…
Nationwide Bug Hunt to capture Australia’s insect, invertebrate underworld
A photographic census of Australia’s native insects and other bugs — and their unwelcome invasive counterparts — has…
Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media
Sweetbriar Nature Center – via Storyful With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made…
Honeybees dance includes higher cognitive complexity than thought
Researchers studied the famous “waggle dance” of honeybees, which they use to communicate to one another about the…
Glimpse Spectacularly Tiny Worlds in Winning Videos from Nikon’s Small World In Motion Competition — Colossal
From a remarkable demonstration of flower self-pollination to algae swimming in a water droplet in a Japanese 50…
Bee Stingers Inspire Superior and Comfortable Continuous Drug Delivery
New wearable microneedle patches mimic bee stings to provide painless, long-lasting drug delivery – credit, Professor Wonku Kang…
‘Butterfly’ Explores 4,000 Years of Our Fascination with Lepidoptera in Art and Science — Colossal
Since time immemorial, we have been awed by the ornate patterns, metamorphosis, and migrations of butterflies and moths.…
Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution
Plastics that support modern life are inexpensive, strong, and versatile, but are difficult to dispose of and have…