Nation Apr 27 Cicada season: What to expect from the coming brood that’s been underground for 17 years By John Yang, Diane Lincoln Estes
Nation May 04 With a sting that can kill, ‘Murder Hornets’ land in U.S. The world's largest hornet, with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state, where entomologists were making plans to wipe it out. By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
Science Jul 09 Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio. Here’s what that means for insects everywhere Butterflies also act as big, flashy beautiful warning signs for environmental change. By Vicky Stein
Science Nov 23 Praying mantis hanky-panky is way weirder than you think As it turns out, when a male mantis loses his head, it doesn’t mean he loses the urge to procreate. You read that right. By Joshua Cassidy, KQED Science
Health Jul 01 Insect venom shortage stings allergy sufferers this summer Allergists are warning of a shortage of a little-known product — honeybee, hornet and wasp venom extracts used in shots that prevent life-threatening reactions. By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News
Apr 01 This tiny robot flies and crawls like a stag beetle By Joshua Barajas Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have designed a new robot capable of mimicking winged insects and their myriad movements. Continue reading
Aug 13 The perfect shade of red comes from a bug you’ve never heard of By Kathleen McCleery It’s the red seen in a British Red Coat, an El Greco master, an Andean textile and a contemporary designer evening gown. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 7:45 How studying insects may lead to smarter drones By PBS NewsHour When you watch an insect fly in slow motion, you get a whole new perspective on the complexity of movement and engineering. A new collaborative research project, funded by the U.S. Air Force, is devoted to studying how insects and… Continue watching
Apr 25 Scientists create world’s tiniest 3-D glasses to show bugs 3-D movies By Justin Scuiletti The research team has created the world’s tiniest pair of 3-D glasses that they attach with beeswax to the mantises. With the glasses on, the insects are placed in front a monitor that displays computer-generated 3-D images in a method… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch David Rothenberg Jams with the Cicadas David Rothenberg takes his clarinet out to the park to play music with the cicadas. Continue watching