Brood X’s emergence tunnels—numbering in the hundreds per square meter of soil—give researchers a special opportunity to study how such extreme soil aeration affects the ecosystem.

An experimental study explores how plant communities may be affected by future declines in invertebrate populations.

Using pigs as human proxies, forensic entomologists reveal how bodies in vehicles decompose differently from those dumped outside.

To avoid wasting digestive energy, the plant only seals shut after sensing certain prey movements.

Trigger hairs on the lobes of the trap are tuned to respond to wriggling prey.

Goldenrods that evolved in the presence of herbivores release volatile chemicals that trigger defenses in neighboring plants of their species, even those that are genetically unrelated.

Watch a predaceous diving beetle dine on a tadpole.

Organisms with unusual genomes are helping scientists investigate gene regulation, evolution, and development.

Of the Hemiptera bugs, milkweed-chomping Oncopeltus fasciatus have hung onto more smell and taste receptors than their liquid-guzzling relatives.

A virtual exhibition of C.R. Percival’s slides reveals the natural world up close.

Genetic material left behind on flowers can reveal which insects have visited.

Froghopper insects gain traction on smooth plant leaves by piercing them with tiny spikes.

Critics of an agricultural research initiative cite concerns about possible weaponization of the resulting technology, which would use infected insects to deliver genetically modified viruses to plants.

Some beetle species may have evolved to tunnel into the ground to escape the pathogens that abound on dead and rotting animals.

A species of water flea in northern Belgium that helps keep algae in check is growing smaller and less abundant in urbanized areas. 

Warmer weather is thought to be behind the rise in vector-borne illnesses in recent years.

This lone star tick’s bite can cause an allergy to red meat.

An analysis of 40 years of data also finds declines in pest populations after the introduction of the GM crop.

Researchers used scanning electron microscopy to peer at bugs on several hummingbird species.