We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many answers have been proposed; some have suggested that insects have a direct attraction to the light itself; others have said ...

While some gardeners still think that any bug in the garden is a bad bug, change is in the air. Most plant-lovers now realize that insects and plants go hand-in-hand and that there are far more ...

Researchers have shown that damselflies learn how to choose the right mate when two species co-exist locally. The choice of mate is not only a matter of genetic and instinctive behavior, as has often ...

All around us, insects are speaking to each other: jockeying for mates, searching for food, and trying to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. Some of this communication is easy to spot—like the ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — "Every single insect plays a role, even if it's only purpose is to get eaten by something. Everything is important," said Haviland. David Haviland an entomologist at the ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Naturalists interested in lesser known insects are as uncommon as their subjects of study. It is to get people interested in insects that Geetha Iyer wrote The Weavers: The Curious ...

A new study of TV-watching great tits reveals how they learn through observation. Social interactions within a predator species can have 'evolutionary consequences' for potential prey, such as the ...

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...

It's already well known that animals such as birds learn to avoid eating poisonous insects that could potentially kill them. Now, researchers at the University of Bristol have found that birds can ...

Murderers and other criminals may hide the victim's body 'in a suitcase or refrigerator' and abandon it. In Japan, there have been reports of cases in which suitcases containing bodies were found at ...