Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

The Tetragnatha spider stretches its legs to become nearly invisible. Learn how this clever behavior helps it hunt and survive near water.

As a female and male pair stick together and fly around in masses, complaints have been raised. Local governments have been watering them down, stating they are beneficial insects. In response, ...

Annual cicadas, sometimes referred to as “dog day” cicadas, usually emerge in July and August every year, Chris Hayes, an ...

When the herbivorous insect assemblage was compared between habitats, we found a difference distribution of abundance and richness of orders corroborating our first hypothesis (Figs. 1 and 2). The ...

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event.

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event. Science World’s stick insect ...

Part 2 of the stick insect terrarium build covers finishing the enclosure, adding access doors, and setting up the interior with natural elements. The result is a secure, well-ventilated habitat ...

The menagerie also includes spiders, scorpions, mantises, beetles, cockroaches, grasshoppers, snails, slugs and, of course, stick insects. A recent review found that almost 1000 invertebrate ...