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The Flesh-Eating Beetles of Chicago's Field Museum

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The Mantis seen with the Container Park entrance sign.
Las Vegas, Nevada

'The Mantis'

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Researchers in the Northeast are tracking ticks with a linen cloth and a lint roller.
science

Researchers Track the Tick Boom With Linen Squares and Lint Rollers

The blacklegged bloodsuckers go on three "quests" in their life, each time seeking a blood meal.
Isaac Schultz August 28, 2019
Right under our noses.
cemeteries

Found in a Cemetery: A New Species of Beetle

It's alive!
Matthew Taub August 5, 2019
Permanently Closed
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
Researchers testing for wind in the lab.
insects

When the Sun Is High, Dung Beetles Navigate With the Wind

There's more than one way to get from point A to point B while rolling a ball of dung.
Evan Nicole Brown June 25, 2019
Monarchs love milkweed.
insects

Monarch Butterflies Really Need Your Urban Plants

A new paper argues that cities can make a lot more space for milkweed, in particular.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 24, 2019
David Ebmer uses his lice comb to gather samples from Valdivia's famous sea lions.
insects

Scientists Invented a Lice Comb for Urban Sea Lions in Chile

The utensil helps researchers study marine mammals in the least disruptive way possible.
Danna Staaf June 21, 2019
Welcome to the MosquitoSphere.
science

Inside Burkina Faso’s Mosquito Dome, Where Venomous Fungus Is Put to the Test

An innovative research center dedicated to blood, biting, and beating back malaria.
Sabrina Imbler June 14, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Omajowa

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.
The ones on radar weren't packed quite so tightly, but there were a lot more of them.
insects

A Ladybug Swarm Over California Was Huge Enough to Show Up on Radar

Aphids beware.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 7, 2019
The nest as it was found.
insects

Found: The First Bee's Nest Made Entirely of Plastic

Researchers in Argentina found the synthetic nest by chance.
Evan Nicole Brown June 6, 2019
Spherical cricket container, date unknown, artist unknown.
objects of intrigue

In Ancient China, Pet Crickets Spent the Winter in Opulent Gourds

More than functional, these fleshy fruits developed into a striking art form.
Claire Voon June 5, 2019
Reginald the Grasshopper in the summer.
Regina, Saskatchewan

Reginald the Grasshopper

This bushy bug is one of the unsanctioned public sculptures that have survived in Regina.
The <em>Anopheles</em> mosquito, the main carrier of malaria.
insects

How Algeria and Argentina Became Officially Malaria-Free

Public health officials hope the success can be replicated.
Evan Nicole Brown May 30, 2019