Big and small: RUSH image of the brain of a live mouse. The coloured lines show the motions of labelled immune cells. The image is about 1 cm across. (Courtesy: Jingtao Fan et al/Nature Photonics) A ...

Seven species of a frog-like insect that were discovered in a rainforest have been confirmed as new to science following an examination of their genitalia. The previously unknown species of leafhopper ...

Take a closer look at a rare albino cockroach and discover the surprising details revealed through microscopic observation.

When the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County shut down due to the pandemic in mid-March, Lisa Gonzalez headed home with the expectation that she would be back in a few weeks. But once it ...

Researchers from Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, have developed a method for detecting microplastics in farmed insects. This is important because ...

The buzzing excitement in the second-grade classrooms at Dodge Elementary wasn’t just from the students; it was from the fascinating world of insects the students were actively discovering. A ...

When Colin Purrington looked at a sample of dried figs under a microscope recently, he answered a question that had been bugging him for years. Inside the chewy fruits, he found the shriveled remains ...