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How Blood-Bloated Mosquitoes Stealthily Avoid a Swat
October 19, 2017 | ArticleA sneaky takeoff technique helps mosquitoes escape undetected after they bite you.
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Decades Later, 'Tree Lobster' Stick Insects Escape Extinction
October 09, 2017 | ArticleDNA analysis has revealed that an insect known as a "tree lobster" is not extinct after all.
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Blink and You'll Miss It: Trap-Jaw Ant's Strike Is Swift, Deadly, Unique
August 31, 2017 | ArticleX-ray scanners and high-speed video captured views of trap-jaw ants' jaws in action — inside and out.
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Eat, Pray, Fossilize? Praying Mantis Fossil Is 110 Million Years Old
August 03, 2017 | ArticleA Cretaceous mantis fossil is helping scientists piece together how these insects evolved their prey-nabbing adaptations.
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Lunch on the Wing: Mantises Snack on Birds (Photos)
July 06, 2017 | Image AlbumPraying mantises primarily hunt insects and spiders, but a new study found that for many large mantises, birds are also on the menu.
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Bug vs. Bird: Praying Mantises Feast on Feathered Prey
July 06, 2017 | ArticleFor a dozen species of praying mantises, birds aren't the predators — they're the prey.
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Cicadas Are Coming! Brood VI Returns After 17 Years
June 12, 2017 | ArticleThis spring, Brood VI periodical cicadas make their first appearance in 17 years.
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Why Are Thousands of Clay Caterpillars Swarming the Globe?
May 18, 2017 | ArticleScientific discovery takes patience, determination, focus and perseverance. And sometimes it also takes 2,879 Plasticine caterpillars.
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Female Dragonflies Play Dead to Escape Stalking Males
May 01, 2017 | ArticleFemale dragonflies say no to sex by faking their deaths, new research has found.
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Crystal-Haired 'Radiohead' Ant Discovered
April 24, 2017 | ArticleA new species of ant, named after the band Radiohead, is dusted with crystalline white hairs and grows its own food.
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