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California’s grand insect census

California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.
The weirdest-looking moths on Earth are so strange, they look like they flew straight out of a vivid dream — or a nightmare.
Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...
A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says someone in Des Moines County found an adult spotted lanternfly ...
The key to preventing a larger explosion of spotted lanternfly nymphs next spring is to locate and destroy egg masses this ...
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Ajou University in South Korea, and the Georgia Institute of ...
A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...
Bats get a bad rap. They’re tied to Halloween decorations, vampire legends, and the occasional panicked reaction when one ...
Researchers have discovered a microscopic roundworm that uses electrostatic induction to launch itself onto flying insects.
While “Made in L.A. 2025” falters, the city’s local art scene is thriving, with an abundance of smart new shows in commercial ...
A new butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed while ...