Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, ...

The world’s largest bee is a solitary insect known from a small cluster of islands in eastern Indonesia. Wallace’s giant bee, ...

There’s a new “insect specialist” coming to the Buffalo Zoo, and it has everyone talking. By adopting the anteater, the zoo staff is doing its part to save the life of an animal that no longer has a ...

DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied in the investigation of the presence of Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) parasites in single phlebotomine sandflies.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Tsetse flies are the sole cyclical vector of African trypanosomes (AT) in sub-Sahara Africa. These Trypanosoma parasites cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle. Vector dissections are ...

Tributes are pouring in for renowned chemical ecologist Jeffrey Richard Aldrich (1949-2025), a longtime researcher at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, ...

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Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...