A tropical insect has been found to change color from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves of rainforest plants. The findings, published this ...

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SINGAPORE - Deep underground, a cockroach scurries through the dark and damp underside of a utility pipe. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is on a mission to check for corrosion and leakage. Developed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

(WHTM) — Nearly 30,000 electric bug zappers that were sold on Amazon have been recalled. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 29,000 Electric Bug Zapper Racket, Fly ...

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Bug zappers kill beneficial insects but do not reduce mosquito populations. Pollinators and decomposers like moths and beetles suffer from light traps. Chemical repellents remain more effective for ...

The newly described “bone collector” caterpillar species disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so that it can live among spiders and poach their prey. This is the only caterpillar known ...

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 ...

Insect protein’s predicted take off has been less than a flutter as market innovation stagnates, with worldwide patents sliding year-on-year again. Patents for new insect protein products dipped a ...

What if human blood turned into a sort of rubbery slime that can bounce back into a wound and stop it from bleeding in record time? Until now, it was a mystery how hemolymph, or insect blood, was able ...