On the first day of the first week of term and on 1st October eight brave souls launched into live...
insects
Growing human populations and the nature of our existing agricultural systems means that meeting demand for food will continue to...
Long-term insect surveillance initiatives, such as the Rothamsted Insect Survey and the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, allow ongoing assessments of...
Imperial College researchers, in collaboration with researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, have found that after logging in the Borneo rainforest...
Our annual nature fair and celebration of UK natural history and biodiversity is back. Explore UK wildlife, meet experts who...
Mushrooms in the Brazilian forest have developed a clever way to ensure their reproductive survival. According to new research, they...
Ants are more likely to fight with colonies similar in body size than with colonies of larger or smaller body...
Creepy crawlies, bugs, pests, call them what you like but this half-term we will be celebrating the wonderful world of...
As part of the International Year of Light, an image showing insect trails around a floodlight. Image: EPOD, Bug trails,...
Imperial College researchers have developed a sensitive in vitro technique to screen drugs for their ability to block malaria transmission,...
"you are probably less safe driving between 4am and 6am than when you are legally drunk" The Latin words circa...
A picnic is a most idyllic excursion for a summer’s afternoon. Dining outdoors, serenaded by the medley of chirping crickets...
The number of ants living on Earth at any one time is inconceivable. Their adults alone are thought to number...
You've probably seen this picture already as it's been around for a week, but I just can't get the plump...
Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) The seven-spot ladybird is one of Britain's most common beetles, easily recognisable by its distinctive markings....
On Saturday night I got my first bug-bites of the summer – this is quite a miracle. No, not that...
© Charles Harvey Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) One of the most distinctive and, arguably, the most popular insects in the...
Warfare in the ant world is nothing new. From chemical weapons to suicide bombers these insects have done it all...
Andrew Purcell Earlier this month, researchers from New Zealand announced that they had observed wasps lifting up ants and carrying...
Parasites are amazing. By taking advantage of the efforts of another species, parasites have been able to flourish in countless...
Any crickets reading this – you’re in luck. Scientists have shown that hearing other crickets making sexual noises while growing...
Andrew Purcell Ever since French entomologists August Magnan and André Sainte-Lague famously declared that bee flight was aerodynamically impossible, a...
Apart from a few eccentric Germans, being eaten is probably the last thing any of us would ever like to...
The thought of climate change may leave you with a sinking feeling in your stomach, what with rising sea levels...
Andrew Purcell Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui) Almost a third of butterflies in Europe are in decline and one in ten...
