Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use ...

Horned treehoppers have the horned helmets to help "the treehoppers avoid predation through camouflage or intimidation," according to Nature Journal. 2. How many legs does a monkey slug caterpillar ...

When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its bug-to-be-most-proud-of for ...

I grew up calling the bright, red beetle with black spots on its wings a lady bug. I have heard people call them ladybirds, and I never understood why someone would call a bug a bird. Since I’m ...

From a praying mantis braving a suburban Texas backyard to a beetle’s first day in the African savannah, National Geographic’s “A Real Bug’s Life” — narrated by Awkwafina — takes audiences through the ...

Bug out with 15 shots of insects and arachnids of all shapes and sizes from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Text by ...

There are so many insects in the world it’s impossible to comprehend their actual numbers. There are just too many of them! Even if you could picture how many are out there you wouldn’t want to. Their ...