Creepy ‘parachuting’ spiders spread in United States
This superbug is spreading. A hand-sized spider from Asia that can travel by air is expanding its US…
Bumblebees Have a Pretty Handy Survival Tactic
Bumblebee queens have a survival trick that sounds impossible: They can apparently ride out a week underwater.…
Beautiful Tortoiseshell Butterfly Recolonizes England Decades After Elm Disease Had Eliminated it
Large tortoiseshell butterfly (Nymphalis polychloros) by Hectonichus via CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikipedia The butterfly-mad British are celebrating what…
Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects
Amber in Case 6 – Credit: Dr Jose de la Fuente / Institute for Game and Wildlife Research…
Scientists Discover What Terrifies Bedbugs
Bedbugs, it turns out, really don’t like to get their feet wet. Researchers at UC-Riverside report that…
Infecting Mosquitoes with Natural Bacteria Lowered Dengue Risk by 70% in Citywide Experiment
Dean Calma IAEA, CC 4.0. BY-SA A gold-standard scientific trial revealed an existing mosquito control method works not…
Scientists Have Discovered the Bed Bug’s Greatest Fear
Despite their tiny size, bed bugs are perhaps the scariest thing a person can realistically encounter in their…
Vote for the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award — Colossal
From more than 60,000 entries submitted by photographers around the globe, the jurors of the 2025 Wildlife Photographer…
Massive mosquito infestation invades LA neighborhood for months
That’s gnasty. A scourge of mosquitoes has been terrorizing residents of El Segundo for the past two months…
Insect enthusiasts helping researchers keep an eye on bug populations
Queensland insect enthusiasts are using their cameras to help researchers study bug populations, as part of a national…
New Species Being Discovered Faster Than Ever – At a Rate of Over 16,000 a Year
New lanternfly discovered in India – SWNS New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever,…
Cave of Wonders: Where Prehistoric Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Animals Eaten by Colossal Owls
– credit, Lazaro Viñola López via SWNS Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open,…