On a hot summer day, strolling down a city street with concrete in every direction can feel like walking into an oven. It ...

Insects live in nearly every habitat, and it’s estimated that there are currently 10 quintillion insects on the globe. So far ...

How many legs do insects have? Insects have six legs. These legs are attached to the central part of an insect's body, the thorax, and they are controlled by muscles in the thorax. Insects have hearts ...

Researchers have discovered that insects' sense of smell evolved from ancient taste genes, rewriting evolutionary history.

Tough leaves were expected to stop hungry insects, but a new forest study finds silicon offers better protection than ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of ...

In the early 1990s, when I was a Ph.D. student at the Free University of Berlin modeling the evolution of bee color perception, I asked a botany professor for some advice about flower pigments. I ...