The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Study finds 88% of North American insects haven’t been assessed for extinction risk In A Nutshell The conservation status of ...

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not because ...

Pro-environmental behavior increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research. Pro-environmental behaviour increases among school ...

Girl Scout Brownies can earn their Bugs badge with a hands-on insect event at Ohio State Marion. Spots are limited. Early registration is encouraged.

A sweeping new study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals a troubling reality: many insects may be far less capable of coping with rising temperatures than scientists once hoped. Researchers ...

The insects that keep the world running by pollinating plants and supporting food chains face grave risks, a new study has found. The combination of climate change and heavy agriculture is having a ...

Ms. Sifferlin is an Opinion health and science editor and the author of the forthcoming book “The Elusive Body: Patients, ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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