In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Beetles alone account for almost one-third of the number, about 1.5 million species. By comparison, there are “only” an ...

Bed bugs are the seasoned hitchhikers of the insect world. They’ve been around for thousands of years, and once settled, these small reddish-brown critters can be hard to get rid of. They’re tiny and ...

The answers to today's Strands, game #396, are… ENOTOMOLOGY, and I will tell you as I’ve just googled it, is the study of ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, ...

The wasp's flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp's getup made ...

Entomophobia is an irrational and persistent fear of bugs. Those with a fear of insects may go to great lengths to avoid them, or they will experience significant distress when encountering an insect.

Warmer weather leads to an increase in insect activity, with some species seeking shelter and food inside homes. Homeowners can prevent infestations by sealing cracks, maintaining cleanliness and ...

The skin bumps are the body's reaction to the insect's saliva. While the bug is sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Anaphylaxis With Insect Bites: Very Rare A severe life-threatening ...

Ziv Nitzan, a 3½-year-old girl, found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip to Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, in Israel ...

Why do we need to be concerned with pollinating insects? Well, approximately 80% of the plants that produce the fruits and ...