entomology
Scientists Have Identified the First ‘True’ Millipede
“There is probably no more spectacular discovery to be made than finally a millipede with 1,000 legs.”
We Asked A Girl Who Collects Every Mosquito She's Killed: Why?
Things got weird when a 19-year-old artist shared her unique hobby online.
Ancient Parasite Eating Dinosaur Feathers Perfectly Preserved in Amber
Scientists have found the “earliest known evidence” of feather-feeding parasitic insects in amber from Myanmar.
Woah, Dissected Insects Make Great DIY Robots
“I dismantle the bugs' thorax and abdomen. They get sorted into groups and then just like with a robot, I attach one part to another until I have the finished piece,” Géza Szöllősi explains.
Cockroach Milk Is the Protein Drink of the Future
An international team of scientists from the US, Japan, Canada, France, and India are pleased to say that the milk protein crystals found in cockroaches are, in fact, a “fantastic” protein supplement.
Bug Researchers Are Digitising Their Collections of Skewered Insects
Zoosphere aims to digitize fragile museum specimens and make them available to entomologists across the world.
Light Pollution Is Throwing Off the Seasons
Researchers have discovered that the early bloom of some tree buds might be down to increasing amounts of light pollution.
Behold: The Cockroach Internet of Shit and Gut Bacteria
A new study tracks the sources of cockroach pheromones to, well, you know.
Meet the Spider Species Whose Males Irreversibly Mutilate the Genitals of Their Mates
He breaks off something called her "scapus" to keep competing sperm from getting in.
Have Scientists Learned Anything from Giving Drugs to Spiders?
Turns out the famous 1948 experiment tells us nothing about drugs, and a whole lot about spiders.