An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Chris ...

A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and ...

Engineers from MIT have developed aerial microrobots that are roughly 450% faster with about 250% better acceleration in ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) ...

Discover how bumblebees learned a Morse code-like language and what this means for insect intelligence and research.

A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a toxic effect on bacteria found in ...

Insects might not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the extensive collections and archives of the museums of Bengaluru, but that is exactly what a lucky visitor might expect to ...

More than 1,000 third graders from across Tulsa spent Thursday learning about insects up close during the Exploring Insects event hosted by Tulsa Master Gardeners and OSU at Expo Square. TULSA, Okla. ...

ALSO ATTEND KIRK’S FUNERAL, AND A LOCAL EVENT IS ALL THE BUZZ FOR INSECT LOVERS. BERNHEIM FOREST AND ARBORETUM IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL BUG FEST THIS WEEKEND. ATTENDEES GOT TO ENJOY SOME BUG THEMED ...

It was at the University of Wyoming that Douglas Owsley first learned bones can talk — they can tell you how a person lived, what ailments they suffered and how they ultimately died. He’d never ...

At Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk, Massachusetts, some incarcerated individuals are adding a beekeeper’s veil to their standard-issue uniforms. It’s part of a new pilot program, in which a ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction has introduced a new program that might take a little bit of the sting out of a state prison term. In April, the inmates of the minimum-security Pondville ...