S piders have a reputation for being cunning – just look at the Ghanaian folktale Anansi. Now, research suggests that a ...

Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon Chantajohn learned from her grandfather which insects were best to eat. Captivated by his stories of surviving on bugs during his ...

A new bug-themed restaurant called Aranea is to launch in Dalston today. The east London eatery will serve an eight-course ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

A species of orb-weaver spider known as Caerostris Darwini spun this ... The web is designed to catch prey and is lined with sticky glue droplets that help immobilize insects and other small animals.

Yellow comes in all shades and tints, but there is surely no colour yellow that compares in brightness and vibrancy as that found on the wild primroses shortly coming into bloom by our waysides and ...

about the size of a fingernail,” along with carpenter bees and the striking golden orb weaver shimmering under the sun. Collaborating with the local carpentry team, Zhang built an experimental insect ...

Entomophobia is an irrational and persistent fear of bugs. Those with a fear of insects may go to great lengths to avoid them, or they will experience significant distress when encountering an insect.

Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an ...

The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to digest unsuspecting insects. But the design of the wasp's getup made scientists ...

After experiencing so many unexplainable happenings at both Books on Becker and the Belen Art League Gallery, I was hoping someone could either validate or disprove my suspicions that we have ...