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Insects

Scrub jays, among other birds, like to rub themselves with ants.

Birds Rub Ants on Themselves, and No One Knows Exactly Why

It's called "anting," and it is weird.

Eric Grundhauser November 21, 2017

Kingsland Wildflowers.

Brooklyn, New York

Kingsland Wildflowers

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

The grub is also edible.

Bush Coconut

All bush coconuts come with a free, juicy worm inside.

A candid shot of your camel cricket roommate.

You Probably Share Your Home With at Least 100 Kinds of Bugs

And cleaning more often won't change a darned thing.

Natasha Frost November 10, 2017

Museum visitors aren't going to be able to see the grasshopper parts, but they're there.

Found: A Grasshopper Embedded in a Van Gogh

One of the perils of painting outdoors.

Vittoria Traverso November 8, 2017

Sardinian casu marzu teeming with live maggots.

Casu Marzu

The Sardinian cheese that wriggles with maggots.

This Turkmenistan bug likes cheese!

Scientists Used Cheese to Discover a New Species of Cave Bug

A wine pairing was not suggested.

Eric Grundhauser October 10, 2017

Ball's Pyramid.

Scientists Want to Make Sure They're Breeding the Right Giant Stick Insects

DNA says that even though they look different, the bugs from two different islands are one and the same.

Kelsey Kennedy October 6, 2017

The common spreadwing, one of the dragonflies included in the study.

Scientists Have Dug Through Dragonfly Droppings to Figure Out What They Eat

Wait, no one knew exactly what dragonflies eat?

Kelsey Kennedy October 3, 2017

Bird room.

Civic Museum of Natural History Giacomo Doria

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Nsenene ready to be fried in their own oil.

Nsenene

This grasshopper snack is crispy like fried chicken.

Too close for comfort.

The Tsetse Fly Has Strange, Sucker-Tipped Fingers on Its Mouth

New images could help scientists better understand how the flies transmit deadly sleeping sickness.

Kelsey Kennedy September 22, 2017

Escamoles, i.e. velvety tree ant eggs, pan-fried in butter.

Escamoles

The eggs of "the farty ant" have earned a reputation as the caviar of the desert.

Some of these ants are working together. Others may just be watching.

So-Called Lazy Ants Are Good for Something, After All

Even shirkers have a place in the colony.

Natasha Frost September 11, 2017

Hidalgo, Texas's "killer bee" statue.

'World's Largest Killer Bee'

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The hummingbird clearwing moth, which disguises itself as—well, look for yourself.

The Most Interesting Bugs in the World

Could knowing about cool insects help get more Americans out into nature? These two social scientists think so.

Cara Giaimo August 30, 2017

Darlingtonia State Natural Site.

Florence, Oregon

Darlingtonia State Natural Site

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Researcher Christina Kwapich looks at a sample in the Insect Rearing and Behavior Lab at Arizona State University.

The Beetle That Goes Undercover to Steal From Foraging Ants

The high-risk, high-return antics of the parasitic highwayman beetle.

Natasha Frost August 21, 2017