Discover how pill bugs breathe with gill-like lungs, why they love damp places, and what happens when they dry out.

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

Name a Bug is proudly sponsored by Juggernaut Wines. Together, the Minnesota Zoo Foundation and Juggernaut Wines share a commitment to a future where people, animals, and the natural world thrive ...

Bugs are scary. But at least we can take solace in the fact that they’re small, right? Well, the goliath stick insect might ...

Finding the right taste to send mosquitoes packing could save hundreds of thousands of lives. (Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash) Mosquitoes are the most ...

Susan and Ted are creating an insect zoo, learning about various insects such as crickets, caterpillars, and ladybird beetles. They set up cages for their pets, including a cricket and a milkweed bug, ...

While ornamental spiders are a common addition to many Halloween decorations inside and outside of the home, there may be some bugs and animals in the home uninvited this fall. Spiders, other bugs and ...

South Carolina is home to its fair share of dangerous insects. From spiders, wasps and rash-causing caterpillars, there are a handful of bugs to look out for. But the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Pokémon gets much of its character design from real animals and plants in nature. With 1,025 unique Pokémon, plenty of design ...

The topics of insect cognition and sentience are highly controversial and hotly debated. 1 I recently read an essay by insect sentience experts Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, and Neil D’Cruze called ...

The topics of insect cognition and sentience are highly controversial and hotly debated. 1 I recently read an essay by insect sentience experts Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, and Neil D’Cruze called ...