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Queen bumblebees have the ability to breath underwater, study finds
Mar 11, 2026The insects appear to have a unique solution to surviving the winter in flooded, underground conditions.
Huge swarm of ladybugs descends upon the UK due to hot weather
VIDEO Jul 21, 2025It is thought that this is the largest swarm of the insects to have been seen in the country since 1976.
Insect invasion: millions of Mormon crickets descend on Utah
VIDEO May 19, 2025Local farmers and businesses have been badly impacted by the appearance of the insect swarm.
Terrifying prehistoric parasitic wasp used its butt to snatch victims
Apr 6, 2025A horrific insect that lived 99 million years ago had a posterior shaped like a Venus flytrap.
Beachgoers end up in the middle of a huge swarm of dragonflies
VIDEO Aug 8, 2024Numbering in their hundreds of thousands, the insects filled the air on a beach in Rhode Island recently.
Gargantuan millipede the length of a car reconstructed for Netflix show
VIDEO Dec 3, 2023Millions of years ago, the Earth was home to some truly titanic insects including one particularly enormous millipede.
The Schmidt index - which insect has the most painful sting ?
Apr 26, 2023Dr Justin Schmidt, who died back in February, spent years being stung and bitten by dozens of different insects.
Man in China unfazed by huge swarm of bees in his car
VIDEO Apr 12, 2023The excitable driver seemed more enthusiastic than nervous about driving with the insects in his vehicle.
Huge bug found outside Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect
Mar 6, 2023Insect expert Michael Skvarla first came across the peculiar bug outside a shop in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2012.
Tiny insect uses its butt to shoot pee droplets at superfast speeds
Mar 1, 2023Researchers have discovered that a species of cicada exhibits the first and only known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature.
Extensive fire ant infestation in Hawaii is now largest on record
Nov 14, 2022Authorities in the state have moved to warn residents of the dangers posed by these tiny communal insects.
Nick Pope: ET could disguise drones as birds or insects
Apr 29, 2022The former MoD UFO investigator has suggested that alien monitoring devices could be disguised as common animals.
This beetle can survive being run over by a car
VIDEO Oct 25, 2020Scientists have discovered that one particularly hardy beetle has an almost indestructible exoskeleton.
First 'murder hornet' nest found in the US
VIDEO Oct 24, 2020A nest of enormous invasive wasp-like insects has reportedly been discovered for the first time on US soil.
Virginia invaded by venomous hairy caterpillars
Oct 9, 2020Authorities have warned residents to steer clear of the pests which have shown up in the east of the state.
Prehistoric 'hell ant' found trapped in amber
Aug 8, 2020An ancient species of ant has been found frozen in time while right in the middle of devouring another insect.
World's oldest bug discovered in Scotland
May 30, 2020Scientists from Texas have identified the tiny fossil of a millipede that lived more than 425 million years ago.
Weird 'skeletal' insect filmed in Costa Rica
VIDEO Mar 20, 2020Antonieta Mora had been out gathering fruit when she captured footage of this bizarre skeleton-like insect.
Driver films weird insect crawling in his truck
VIDEO Feb 7, 2020Tommy Hortman couldn't believe his eyes when he returned to his vehicle to discover this creature inside.
University in U-turn over Mars 'insects' research
Dec 1, 2019A press release concerning an Ohio University scientist's discovery of insects on Mars has been taken down.
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