Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies and the park down the street. In fact, numerically speaking, insects dominate the Earth with more than 5.5 million species. An estimated 10 quintillion ...

Akito Y. Kawahara is an associate professor and curator of insects at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Megan Ennes is an assistant curator of museum education at the ...

"Look through the microscope and you can see the mouth moving," said Axhel Munoz, volunteer instructor for the Sonoran Desert Kids Club. He was explaining how to view dragonfly specimens up close ...

CARSON CITY -- First off, kids, black widow spiders have eight legs, and that makes them arachnids, not insects, so they are out of the running in the contest to pick Nevada's official state insect.

Camper Ceceila Ross winces at the stink bug crawling up her arm at the Insect Safari camp at the Alaska Botanical Garden on June 21, 2023. (Maria Koop/Alaska Public Media) Lunchtime just finished, and ...

A middle school in Utah's Nebo School District gave sixth-grade students "disgusting" insects to eat last week as part of an English assignment on climate change, claiming it would save the ...

Cockroaches hissed, a mantis preyed and giant vinegarroons did whatever it is they do Friday as Anderson Pest Solutions exhibited exotic bugs at the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. Parents ...

Producing meat pollutes and requires a lot of space and resources (water, grains . . . ). To protect the planet, we must therefore find new sources of protein. One of the solutions is to replace, at ...

"Everybody loves bugs, dude!" Candy Lee exclaimed to her 5-year-old while answering why she writes so many songs about bugs. While talking with What's Up! about her soon-to-be released Backyard Bugs 2 ...

Stick insects make a certain amount of sense, evolutionarily speaking. They look like sticks, or twigs, or leaves; thus camouflaged, they presumably have a better chance of avoiding predators, ...

The state Department of Agriculture found dead insects, mold, and evidence that children were playing in a restaurant kitchen during this week’s food safety inspections. Little Elephant restaurant on ...