Ants are amazing creatures, and we have known that for a while now. They can thrive virtually anywhere, they form large super-colonies,  and they herd …

     You would think that breeding and raising blood-sucking maggots might not be the best way to preserve an acutely endangered species, but a …

A recent article on Newsweek,written by Christopher Hassall, a lecturer in animal biology at University of Leeds, and originally published in The Conversation, highlighted research into hoverflies, or Syrphidae, …

We’ve all heard news about the drought in California, but have you ever stopped to wonder about the effects of insects on the drought? The …

I remember reading a book in elementary school that was about a mad-scientist-esque girl who turns a swarm of cockroaches into an army of microchipped …

  Link to the source:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/science/how-to-talk-to-fireflies.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FInsects&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection&_r=0 The news about an insect that I read is an article published in The New York Times. In the …

Crazy Ants As a typical Rice student traversing campus between classes, work, and various commitments, it is not uncommon for me to walk by many …