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Podcast: Tick Collection

What can we learn from these blood suckers?
The Podcast Team May 29, 2023
Iridescent green figeater beetles (Cotinis mutabilis) have long been used as adornments in cultures around the world.
archaeology

Were These Beetles Once as Valuable as Gemstones?

Archaeologists believe jewelry made from the bugs was a coveted status symbol 2,000 years ago.
Shoshi Parks March 23, 2023
A wiliwili flower in full bloom.
insects

Can a War of the Wasps Save Hawai‘i’s Wiliwili Trees?

It's a classic good wasp/bad wasp situation.
Sabrina Imbler January 15, 2020
The 99-million-year-old beetle, bathed in pollen.
mines

Found: Pollen on a 99-Million-Year-Old Beetle, in Amber

The pollen-dusted beetle pushes back the earliest evidence of insect-flower pollination by 50 million years.
Sabrina Imbler November 19, 2019
A butterfly drinking from a leaf inside the Pavilion.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.
Jeongseon, South Korea

Grasshopper's Dream Cafe

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.
Beware the baby spittlebug, harbinger of doom?
insects

Have You Seen Britain's Tiny Potential Tree-Killer, the Adorable Spittlebug?

They're kind of cute, but also carry a plant disease.
Sabrina Imbler July 10, 2019
The new neighbors have moved in.
insects

Giant, Sprawling Yellow Jacket Nests Are Surging in Alabama

Warming winters may be responsible.
Sabrina Imbler July 1, 2019
Sasha, standing by the alpine stonefly's aquatic habitat.
insects

A Trio of Fluffy Detectives Is on a Quest to Save the Endangered Alpine Stonefly

Australia's best insect trackers are very, very good boys.
Sabrina Imbler May 24, 2019
Taylor's checkerspot butterfly.
prisons

A Butterfly Conservation Lab Takes Flight in a Women's Prison

It's also helping incarcerated women reconnect with nature.
Sabrina Imbler May 9, 2019
A <em>Hydrozetes</em> mite cored from Marcacocha.
archaeology

Poop-Eating Mites Are Handy Historians

These arthropods can tell us about the causes of animal extinctions.
Matthew Taub January 9, 2019
Lots of contenders here.
spiders

The Best Bugs to Befriend in the New Year

Get to know some cuddly roaches and dramatic beetles.
Abbey Perreault December 26, 2018
insects

How a 'Bug Whisperer' Helps Haters Learn to Love Insects

“The fear and hatred of insects is just the fear of the unknown,” says Aaron Rodriques.
Lizzie Philip November 14, 2018
The Bug Eater's Delight.
Gastro Obscura

Bug Eater's Delight

Scorpions, mealworms, and crickets mingle with rainbow sprinkles on the Peculiarium's famous sundae.
Glowworms in Waipu Cave
Waipu, New Zealand

Waipu Caves

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.
food

Try the Chips of the Future, Today

Chirps chips come in several flavors, are extremely tasty, and just happen to be made out of crickets.
Cara Giaimo February 26, 2018
farms

Researchers in England Are Criss-Crossing Cropland With Wildflowers

They hope to attract helpful bugs.
Cara Giaimo January 31, 2018
Scrub jays, among other birds, like to rub themselves with ants.
insects

Birds Rub Ants on Themselves, and No One Knows Exactly Why

It's called "anting," and it is weird.
Eric Grundhauser November 21, 2017