Insects are extremely fascinating creatures. Stick bugs are among the most interesting, given their amazing camouflage and appearance. Like other insects, stick bugs also change skin, or molt, as they ...

Centipedes are not insects either. But centipedes are more closely related to insects than worms are. And that is because ...

A park ranger has captured incredible time-lapse footage of a periodical cicada emerging from its exoskeleton in Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park. Periodical cicadas are seven species from the genus ...

Mindy Weisberger is a science journalist and author of "Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control" (Hopkins Press). She formerly edited for Scholastic and was a channel ...

Insects are tough animals to study. One reason is their armor-like coating, called an exoskeleton, which protects their organs. Researchers have discovered a technique to open the exoskeleton in order ...

Researchers have isolated genetic material from exuviae (discarded exoskeletons) left after insects like cicadas molt. The researchers tested five different methods of amplifying the DNA sample by PCR ...

Sightings of Brood X cicadas are popping up all over the eastern U.S. Reports of the bulbous-eyed bugs—including plenty of photos and videos—are starting to spill into social media. These insects are ...

The American military has been perfecting the art of disguise for more than a hundred years, employing a variety of materials and mimicking natural patterns to make soldiers invisible to enemy eyes.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Would you eat insects? A new study has found that the exoskeletons of insects can induce weigh loss in mice. But what about humans? Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to ...

image: Researchers from University of Tsukuba have isolated genetic material from exuviae (discarded exoskeletons) left after insects like cicadas molt. The researchers tested five different methods ...