Latest about Insects
Why are insects attracted to artificial lights?
Artificial lights can be deadly to the insects that fly around them, so why do these critters do it?
Watch 5,000 fire ants create raft with their bodies to save colony and queen from death by swimming pool
Video footage from a new series captures thousands of ants building a living-raft to save the colony from drowning in a swimming pool.
A bizarre 'snake worm' has baffled scientists for over a decade, now they know what it is
A newfound species of fungus gnat is behind Alaska's "snake worm" mystery, in which thousands of fly larvae moved together in the shape of a snake.
American burying beetle: The meat-eating insect that buries bodies for its babies to feast on
American burying beetle parents work together to find and bury a dead animal that its brood can consume after hatching.
More than 1,000 species live in and around an ordinary suburban house, survey in Australia shows.
A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented before.
Watch ancient, giant millipede the size of a car brought back to life in remarkable reconstruction
The massive, extinct millipede Arthropleura has been brought back to life in a stunning reconstruction for the Netflix series "Life on Our Planet."
Hercules beetle: The titan insect with giant horns for love and war
Hercules beetles can grow to almost 7 inches long and are among the largest flying insects on Earth.
Gum leaf skeletonizer: The venomous 'Mad Hatterpillar' that wears its old heads like a crown
Rather than throw its old head cases away, the gum leaf skeletonizer wears them like a hat to protect itself from predators.
