A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the ...

I n 2023, researchers uncovered new insights into the eerie world of fungi that transform insects into "zombies." Carolyn ...

If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear ...

Insects are being spotted in massive numbers clustering in the windows of Ontario homes, looking to find their way inside.

Brain Research 1000: 123-133 (2004). J.J. Wielgus, L.B. Aden* and R.M. Franks*. Site of synthesis and phylogenetic distribution of a hemolymph trophic factor of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. In ...

Biologists at Brown University have discovered how a neuropeptide hormone made in the gut of flies can control their lifespan. For the past two decades, study author Marc Tatar, a professor of ...

They can leave stains on furniture and other household items. "They have kind of a yellow hemolymph, or a blood type of a material, so when they're disturbed they will release that from the joints on ...