Microplastic pollution is a growing problem − one lab is looking at tiny insects as inspiration for how these pollutants might move through water.

Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.

New research from China shows how the loss of insects is destabilising food webs.

A medical myth persists that the B vitamin thiamine is a systemic insect repellent that wards off mosquitoes when taken orally. But scientists have disproven this mistaken belief again and again.

A fly does some of its digesting outside its body before it even eats any food.

Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure processor changes its underlying structure before hackers can figure it out.

The largest study of insect declines to date gives us the best indication of how species all over the world are faring.