Scientific application
Researchers develop 'armor' that prevents insects from eating crops
Researchers have developed a material with a maze-like structure that prevents small pests from getting close to plants.
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History
The world's most beautiful library uses 'bats' to preserve old books and manuscripts
The Biblioteca Joanina library used colonies of bats as a natural deterrent against insects that could potentially feed on old books and manuscripts there.
Biology
Disaster with billions of ash trees in America and Europe: East Asian emerald worm
The study predicts this beautiful emerald worm could wipe out all ash in 6,000 metropolitan areas across the United States.
Biology
Insects lose their sense of smell because of air pollution, humans go to pollinate plants themselves
The consequences will be what we and our children and grandchildren have to bear.
Biology
Stag Beetle - The most expensive rare beetle in the world
Stag Beetle - The most expensive rare beetle in the world
Food safety
Why insects could be the key to food security?
Experts at Wageningen University believe that adding insects to the diet can help move the world towards a more sustainable future.
Biology
Climate change helps the 'empire' of cockroaches grow and evolve more and more terrifying
Climate change is a threat to many living things, from humans to animals, plants and insects, but cockroaches are an exception.
Animal world
Unprecedented behavior in chimpanzees surprised scientists
Experts discovered that chimpanzees caught flying insects, pressed them between their lips and then placed them on the wound, repeating it many times as if to treat.
New technology
Successfully developed a robot that flaps its wings more efficiently than insects
UK's University of Bristol has successfully developed a robot that can flap its wings and generate more power than insects of the same size.
Animal world
Bats and Enviable Superpowers
More than 1,400 species of bats live around the world, with the exception of Antarctica and a few remote islands. What makes this flying mammal so popular?
Archeology
100-million-year-old amber discovered containing 'insects pretending to be ants'
Chinese scientists have discovered a prehistoric insect from Cretaceous amber that shows the earliest ant-mimicking behavior.
Biology
Discover the world's most 'sensitive' flower
Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of four new species of plants in the Genesis Gentian that can close their petals for a few seconds when touched.
Biology
Even small and voracious caterpillars have a big impact on global carbon emissions
Outbreaks of the caterpillar Lymantria dispar dispar and the caterpillar Malacasoma disstria occur at least every 5 years in temperate forests.
Space science
Unique idea wins NASA space food contest
3D printed steaks, insect proteins, mushrooms are some of the unique ideas among the winners of NASA's space food competition.
Biology
Indonesia bred 'good' mosquitoes against dengue fever
Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-carrying mosquitoes by breeding an insect that carries bacteria that block viruses like dengue.