The global insect protein industry is expanding rapidly as food producers, aquaculture companies, and pet food manufacturers explore alternative protein sources. Crickets are increasingly processed ...

A blue morpho butterfly, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America Derkarts via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 Many insects feel right at home in the hot, humid environments of the ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

A new study suggests that the deadly insects evolved their taste for human blood much earlier than previously thought, around when Homo erectus migrated into Southeast Asia ...

In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms ...

For more than a decade, Evan Economo's lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray images help researchers study the form and structure of insects—a subfield of ...

Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots, helping protect millions from stings in vulnerable tropical regions.

Archaeological sites across central China reveal that at various points between 2,500 and 4,000 years ago, disasters rocked ...

A new high-tech scanning system is rapidly turning thousands of ants into stunning 3D models—building a digital library of ...

Frederic A. Roemschied, Elise C. Ireland, Adam J. Calhoun, Minseung Choi, Osama M. Ahmed, Mala Murthy. Recent social experience alters song behavior in Drosophila. Current Biology (2026): DOI: 10.1016 ...

Scientists have just created a new, strange type of molecule. It’s made of a bunch of atoms bound together in a ring, like ...

Pop quiz: What three brands have had the greatest consistency in franchising? Two of them are easy to guess: Dunkin’ and McDonald’s. These are giants, internationally known for their food as much as ...