Insects - Page 46

September 26, 2017

Spider crawls down Fox reporter's arm during live telecast

Shannon Murray has nerves of steel.

September 26, 2017

Giant tarantula found on kitchen cabinet in San Diego

What has eight legs and wants to cook? A tarantula on a kitchen cabinet.

September 26, 2017

Weird worm-lizard creature looks like a serpentine centaur

With just its head and front legs peeking out from its underground burrow, the Mexican mole lizard could pass for a slender, pink lizard — until it emerges completely, its body etched with ring after earthworm-like ring.

September 26, 2017

Mutant ants created with gene editing technology

Scientists have successfully altered a major behavior of two species of lab ants by deleting a single gene.

September 25, 2017

Island of fire ants spotted on Houston floodwaters

Amid the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, an island of fire ants has been spotted floating on floodwaters in Houston.

June 22, 2017

Georgia home nightmare: Bees by the hundreds of thousands

A Georgia bee removal specialist found a hive containing hundreds of thousands of bees inside a DeKalb County home.

June 21, 2017

Beware fire ant colonies floating on floodwaters, Alabama residents warned

With Tropical Storm Cindy moving into Alabama, residents have been warned of the risks posed by floating colonies of red imported fire ants.

April 25, 2017

Beekeeper's surprise find may help our plastic problem

Many scientific discoveries can be attributed to a happy accident—the discovery of penicillin thanks to moldy petri dishes, for instance.

April 12, 2017

Spook alert: Researchers discover new softball-size spider in Mexican cave

After thorough analysis they have now confirmed the Califorctenus cacachilensis is indeed a new species.

March 1, 2017

Goal! Ball-rolling bees score big science wins

Bumblebees in a lab recently channeled their inner Lionel Messi by learning to move a tiny ball across a platform and into a target "goal."