“Insects Have Consciousness, Self-Awareness and Egos,” the headline read. Whether or not the consciences of professional bug slayers were burdened by this revelation, other people were alarme ...

Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and recycling services but, despite concerns about population declines, little is ...

Despite spending nearly 90 per cent of our lives under a roof, we know next to nothing about all the life that lives with us — insects: the most successful creatures on earth. In The Great Wild ...

Here's what to know about the sounds cicadas make. Are cicadas dangerous? Busting myths on the harmfulness of the noisy pests. The loud sounds that you hear come from male cicadas looking for ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

As spring thunder rolls, all life unfolds. Awakening of Insects, the third term of the 24 Solar Terms, is nature's wake-up call. In the words of Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhen, "Warmth awakens ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

Irradiation, such as with gamma rays and X-rays, is used to sterilize mass-reared insects so that, while they remain sexually competitive, they cannot produce offspring. SIT does not involve ...