Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus ~science Article 762 words, published Jun 19 2024 24 votes
It's weirder than I thought. How cicadas make noise (in ultra slow motion). ~science Video 23:14 21 votes
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics. ~science biology Article 1104 words 7 votes
Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time ~science Article 1976 words 4 votes
The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults ~science biology.developmental biology.neuro Article 1445 words 27 votes
Bees just wanna have fungi - a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi ~science biology Link 12 votes
How do fireflies flash in sync? Studies suggest a new answer. ~science biology.computational mathematics.bio Article 2809 words, published Sep 20 2022 3 votes
New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. ~science biology Article 689 words 5 votes
Why insects are more sensitive than they seem ~science biology psychology.comparative Article 3334 words 8 votes
Butterflies released in Finland contained parasitic wasps, with more wasps inside – introduction of Glanville fritillary leads to emergence of three new species on island of Sottunga ~science biology Article 701 words 8 votes
What does the world look like from a beetle’s-eye view? Researchers strapped tiny cameras to the insects’ backs to find out ~science biology Article 616 words 3 votes
‘Murder hornets’ in the US: The rush to stop the Asian giant hornet ~enviro Article 429 words 17 votes
98% of all animal species on Earth have a PR problem. That’s bad news for everyone. [Warning: insect images] ~enviro Article 1464 words 7 votes
'Ding dong, it's time': Dancing tarantulas emerge in droves to mate in western US ~enviro Article 787 words 11 votes
The human cost of amber - Fossils preserved in sap offer an astonishingly clear view of the distant past, but they come at a high price ~science Article 4912 words 6 votes
Lyme disease cases are exploding. And it’s only going to get worse. ~health Article 4210 words 8 votes
Seven-mile ‘bee corridor’ of wildflowers will feed London’s pollinators this summer ~enviro Article 442 words 8 votes
Nature’s skyscrapers: X-ray imaging reveals the secrets of termite mounds ~science biology Article 866 words 6 votes
Solar farms shine a ray of hope on bees and butterflies ~enviro sustainability conservation energy.renewable Article 1010 words 5 votes
Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ | A look into a Puerto Rican rainforest ~enviro climate change Article 868 words 13 votes
Monarch butterfly populations in the west are down an order of magnitude from last year ~enviro Article 588 words 15 votes
Spiders use Earth's electric field to fly hundreds of miles ~science physics Article 888 words 17 votes
A mass colony of tent spiders have created a mesmerising display in a nature reserve on Australia's east coast, capturing the imagination of locals ~science biology Article 860 words 15 votes
So ... Sometimes fireflies eat other fireflies ~science biology Video 3:33, published Feb 27 2018 5 votes