The insect family tree goes back more than 450 million years. In that time, bugs have evolved all kinds of awesome adaptations — from the sharpshooter insect that flings pee with a butt catapult to the Jurassic insect that wore eggs on its legs.
Our expert writers and editors bring you the most interesting insect research news, fact pages and galleries, as well as answer essential bug questions like, "are insects edible?" and "do bugs poop?", so there's always news, articles and features about insects to read.
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'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
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'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
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How many species of insects are there on Earth?
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'An artist would be challenged to create such replicas': How looking closer reveals the beauty and lethal efficiency of insects
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Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
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Why are flies attracted to humans?
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These insects keep evolving to look like sticks. Why?
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Watch 5,000 fire ants create raft with their bodies to save colony and queen from death by swimming pool
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Soldier ants turned into foragers by scientists reprogramming their brains
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World's most painful ant sting targets nerves in the same way scorpion venom does
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'Supergene' mutation turned ants into parasitic wannabe queens
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Horrifying close-up photo of an ant is the stuff of nightmares
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These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why.
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Trap-jaw ants' lightning-fast bite should rip their heads apart. Here's why it doesn't.
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Invasive crazy ants are being annihilated by murder fungus. Good.
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Larva ant queen looks like an alien doll in trippy new microscope images
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'Murder hornets' eradicated, but officials say they'll keep 'an eye out' for more
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Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
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3,000-year-old mummified bees are so well preserved, scientists can see the flowers the insects ate
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Invasive yellow-legged hornets spotted in US for 1st time, one nest eradicated
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Where do honey bees come from? New study 'turns the standard picture on its head'
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ReferenceHow do bees make honey? From the hive to the pot
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Wild queen bees attempt to invade commercial hives, but get slaughtered by rival workers
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Do bees have knees?
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This wasp uses its prickly penis to escape certain death
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American burying beetle: The meat-eating insect that buries bodies for its babies to feast on
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Tortoise beetle larvae use their telescopic anuses to build shields from shed skin and poop
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Beetles suck water into their butts to stay hydrated, and now scientists know how
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Beetles Decimate Canadian Forests
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3D scans reveal that beetles have secret pockets on their backs
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49 million-year-old beetle looks like it was squashed yesterday
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This beetle can walk upside down on the underside of a pool of water (VIDEO)
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Perfectly-preserved 'bog beetles' nearly as old as Egypt's pyramids
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Weirdo ancient beetle looks like a scrub brush
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Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before
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All butterflies evolved from ancient moths in North America 100 million years ago
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Monarch butterflies teetering ‘on the edge of collapse,’ added to endangered species list
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What's the difference between a moth and a butterfly?
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New video reveals how 'caterpillar soup' transforms into shimmering butterfly wings
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'Russian doll' set of stomach-bursting parasites released inside butterfly on remote Finnish island
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Milkweed butterflies tear open caterpillars and drink them alive
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Monarch butterfly: Facts about the iconic migratory insects
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Butterflies Sip Turtle Tears in Stunning Video
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Creepy, big-eyed cockroach discovered trapped in amber from 100 million years ago
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Cockroach 'Superbugs' Becoming Near-Impossible to Kill
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A Cockroach Crawled Inside a Woman's Ear, and It Can Happen to You
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Here's Why Cockroaches Can Survive Just About Anything
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Female Cockroaches Sync Up Their Virgin Births
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Eww! Live Cockroach Pulled from Woman's Nose in Rare Case
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'Lover' Cockroaches Grow Bigger Testicles to Woo Mates
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Flying Cockroaches! Heat Sends Your Favorite Pests Soaring
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Cockroaches Use Their Own Internal GPS to Get Around
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Creepy, big-eyed cockroach discovered trapped in amber from 100 million years ago
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Cockroach 'Superbugs' Becoming Near-Impossible to Kill
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A Cockroach Crawled Inside a Woman's Ear, and It Can Happen to You
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Here's Why Cockroaches Can Survive Just About Anything
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Female Cockroaches Sync Up Their Virgin Births
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Eww! Live Cockroach Pulled from Woman's Nose in Rare Case
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'Lover' Cockroaches Grow Bigger Testicles to Woo Mates
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Flying Cockroaches! Heat Sends Your Favorite Pests Soaring
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Cockroaches Use Their Own Internal GPS to Get Around
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New invasive mosquitoes descend on Florida, raising concerns of disease
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Animal Sex: How Mosquitoes Do It
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Mosquito larvae launch their heads like tiny harpoons to nab prey, video reveals
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How do mosquitoes sniff out humans to bite?
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Should we kill every mosquito on Earth?
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Why do mosquitoes buzz in our ears?
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Mosquito 'tongue' neurons ignite like fireworks at taste of human blood
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Why Do Some People Always Get Bitten by Mosquitoes, While Others Don't?
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OpinionYour Summer May Be Full of Mosquitoes
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Hummingbird hawk-moth: The bird-like insect with a giant sucking mouthpart
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More than 1,000 species live in and around an ordinary suburban house, survey in Australia shows.
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Gum leaf skeletonizer: The venomous 'Mad Hatterpillar' that wears its old heads like a crown
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Caterpillars evolved their weird chubby little 'prolegs' from ancient crustaceans
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Fuzzy caterpillar has sting 'like being hit with a baseball bat," and now we know why
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InterviewEcologist Tim Blackburn: 'Moths pollinate a wider range of species than bees'
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Rarely seen supersized moth with 10-inch wingspan found at Australian school
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Watch a 'Godzilla' wasp dominate Mothra in this eerie lab video
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Here's Why These Creepy Little Moths Have Noisy, Clicking Wings
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