Insects and Arachnids
Insects and arachnids are the most popular wild animal on Earth. Read our collection of articles discussing all sorts of ants, bugs, butterflies, spiders and just about every other type of insect and arachnid.
Beekeeping, when you get down to it, is the art and science of removing honey from hardworking bees without them missing it. But beekeeping is about so much more than just the honey.
The tiny fly cocoons are between 34 and 40 million years old and contained well-preserved parasitic fossils.
A Columbia University scientist stumbled upon the first of seven new spiders while hunting for local frogs.
The Asian longhorned tick has shown up in six states so far, and nobody knows how it got here.
Teaching bees to do things like sniff out certain smells is easy. The tricky part is training them to use the skills in the wild.
Being eaten from the inside out by wasps sounds like something out of a nightmare, but for some caterpillars, sadly, it's just life.
Bees "beard" together, sometimes to swarm, but usually to keep the hive cool during hot summer weather.
The newest goblin spiders hail from Sri Lanka, and they're named after fanciful and fictional goblins and brownies.
African Matabele ants always take the quickest route back to headquarters, which may not be the shortest path.
Oak processionary moth caterpillars can trigger allergic reactions causing everything from eye irritation to anaphylactic shock.
So-called "exploding ants" protect their colony and its territory by rupturing their bodies and sending out a sticky stream of poisonous gel.
Scientists have identified a substance responsible for breaking down pesticides in bees, which will help them come up with a bee-friendlier bug spray.
The pelican spider would just as soon eat another spider as look at one.
Male brown widow spiders stubbornly court the oldest females they can find, though younger females are more fertile and far less dangerous.
A species of termite-hunting sub-Saharan ants tend to their wounded.
Alarming Drop in Populations Has Scientists Warning of 'Insect Armageddon'
Insects are crucial to the functioning of every ecosystem on the planet. Now they're disappearing, and nobody's sure why.
Do Flying Cockroaches Target Your Face, or Does It Just Feel That Way?
It seems like flying cockroaches want to dive bomb your face. Are they aggressive? Defensive? Or maybe it's all just in your scared ape mind.
Entire colonies of half a million venomous ants are one scary threat following serious flooding.
Spider silk adds another notch to its belt of amazing properties.
And it's amazing to see if you can finagle a spot at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park viewing in late spring.
Scientists planted dummy caterpillars across the globe and discovered that when it comes to safety from predation, it's all about location, location, location.
The secrets to ladybugs' wing-folding could yield new designs in flying robots and even newfangled umbrellas.
Could plastic-eating caterpillars help rid the planet of trillions of bags clogging landfills and other ecosystems? A chance scientific discovery may provide answers.
For one species of dragonfly, the hassle of dealing with aggressive suitors is worth playing possum over.
Spiders not only eat more meat than humans every year, they also spend a lot of time getting eaten themselves.
