the bottle held a thin broth, light brown, with some uncertain chunks of dark matter bobbing on top—a soup, maybe, but one that you’d never want to eat. Once it was poured into a white plastic tray, ...

Many small insects are mistaken for bed bugs. This guide helps identify ten common bugs that look similar but are harmless. Learn to distinguish betwe ...

Velvet worms, trapdoor spiders: Scientists worry about the fate of the nation’s many remarkable, overlooked endemic creatures. By Helen Sullivan SYDNEY, Australia — When Tanya Latty, an entomologist ...

Geek of the Week profiles the characters of Pacific Northwest tech, science, games, innovation and more. See the Geek of the Week archive for more. by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 4, 2020 at 6:30 am August 3 ...

Not long ago, a lengthy drive on a hot day wouldn't be complete without scraping bug guts off a windshield. But splattered insects have gone the way of the Chevy Nova - you just don't see them on the ...

The Pentagon's research wing is investigating how certain insects could provide a key to developing new technologies related to artificial intelligence. The U.S. military has long experimented with ...

Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don’t tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research published this Wednesday indicates they may be ...

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To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the ...