Photo of custom-made centrifuge showing the insect cages with individual heating and LED lighting. Credit: Marcus Meyer Photography Scientists from the Hochschule Bremen (HSB)—City University of ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Some beetles, such as Anomala albopilosa, strongly reflect left circularly polarized light (electromagnetic waves that oscillate leftward relative to the direction of light reception).

Quick Take Madagascar hissing cockroaches are some of the largest cockroaches in the world. Females give birth to about 15 to 40 babies at a time through ovoviviparous birth. The babies are known as ...

I love taking selfies with my insect friends. They’re so tiny and look so different from me. But my friend Rich Zack told me that insects and humans have lots in common. He’s an insect scientist at ...

Metalworking usually requires very high heat and pressure, but scientists in Singapore have now demonstrated a way to make very pure metal structures at room temperature. It’s inspired by the ...