insects
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Cicada Facts to Know as Brood X Arrives in 2021 After 17 Years
Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP (Getty Images) While they’re gnarly-looking bugs, cicadas pose no harm to humans. That is, as long as…
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Cicadas Are Here, Share Your Favorite Movie Monster Bugs
The creature from Mimic.Screenshot: Miramax Over the course of the next few weeks, billions of cicadas will emerge from the…
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Man Driving Home Discovers Thousands of Bees In His Car
Photo: Las Cruces Fire Department Engine 2 Public Image (Fair Use) Do you hear that? Buzz buzz. Vroom vroom. Buzz,…
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Unprecedented Footage Reveals the Bizarre Inner Workings of a Beehive
A worker bee inside a honeycomb cell.Gif: P. Siefert et al., 2020/PLOS One/Gizmodo Ever wonder what it’s like to be…
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Sensor Lets Beekeepers Catch Bees Before They Swarm
Photo: Herbert Aumann Our friends the bees have certain behaviors that are unhealthy to the hive and scary for passersby.…
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Dino ‘Parasites’ Trapped in Amber Not What They Appear to Be
An apparent lice-like insect crawling on dinosaur feathers, as found preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber.Image: Taiping Gao Scientists are challenging the…
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