Researchers at the University of California Riverside found that bed bugs avoid water because it can block their breathing.

Entomologist Dong-Hwan Choe was preparing to feed bed bugs raised in his lab when he noticed that a feeding machine had started leaking blood onto one of the colony vials where the bugs are kept. To ...

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new ...

The terms "bug" and "insect" are commonly used interchangeably in everyday language, yet scientifically, they refer to distinct categories of creatures. Insects belong to the vast class Insecta, ...

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A byproduct of insect farming improves soil health and reduces insect damage in soybean and switchgrass crops according to ...

In this episode of Big Ideas from the team behind Deep Look, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the ...

Food trends never sit still. One moment it’s all about plant-based burgers, the next it’s algae chips or lab-grown steaks. As political, environmental, and economic shifts reshape our world, the way ...

A new study suggests that routine flea and tick treatments could expose native insects to high levels of toxins.