February 3, 2016 Scientists may have found a way to destroy the bedbug Scientists have for the first time sequenced the genome of bed bugs in New York City, a project that could one day offer a way to contain one of the world’s most hated insects
December 17, 2015 Take a look at this bizarre, head-banging bee If there was a heavy metal rock fan in the natural world, it would have to be of Australian native blue banded bee.
December 12, 2015 New study finds logging still a threat to Monarch butterflies in Mexico A new study shows that small-scale logging is more extensive than previously thought in the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico.
December 1, 2015 Scientists remain baffled by blue tarantulas Next time a big, blue tarantula comes crawling over, just ask yourself, "Why is it blue?"
November 3, 2015 Smartphone-controlled ‘cockroach cyborg’ coming to TED conference For his TED presentation this week, neuroscientist Greg Gage will attach a small electronic backpack to a cockroach that will allow him to control the insect with a smartphone. Greg hopes his 'roach cyborg' will help get kids interested in neuroscience.
October 21, 2015 Beetle-inspired ink may thwart counterfeiters Researchers at China’s Southeast University have developed a powerful new weapon in the war against counterfeiting: a color-changing ink that, unlike previous incarnations, is light-resistant, hard to copy, and inspired by a beetle.
October 21, 2015 Zombie fungus enslaves only its favorite ant brains A parasitic fungus known to manipulate the brains of ants doesn't make slavelike "zombies" out of any old host
October 21, 2015 Weirdest worm ever? Clawed creature finds its family tree When researchers first discovered the fossil worm Hallucigenia in the 1970s, they were so perplexed they identified its head as its tail and its legs as its spines
October 21, 2015 This extreme Antarctic insect has the tiniest genome The Antarctic midge is a simple insect: no wings, a slender black body and an adult life span of not much more than a week
October 21, 2015 Real-life smoking caterpillar uses nicotine as defense Ripped from the pages of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," scientists have discovered a smoking caterpillar of sorts
