Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school—they are putting them on the map and even ...

Scientists long believed crushing pressure made deep aquatic environments off-limits to insects, but a tiny fly larva living ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as ...

The value of basic science in insect biology is no more evident than when a crisis arises involving a devastating insect pest ...

Insects may be far more numerous than anyone thought. A new study estimates that Earth holds 14 million to 20 million insect species, far above the long-standing estimate of about 6 million. It ...

The nervous system that wasn't supposed to matter A fruit fly injected with a small dose of acid will drag the affected limb, ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

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The more we study sentience among nonhuman animals (animals) the more species are added to the sentience arena—the biodiversity of sentience is forever growing—and ethical questions about pain and ...