Western culture has long painted eating bugs as backward and gross. But they’re a common food for some 2 million people, and ...

Learn about the wide-ranging Ecdysozoa group of animals and how scientists solved the curious case of their nervous systems' ...

Pioneering research reveals the origins of the ventral nerve cord in early molting animals. An international team of ...

In the past decade or so, food startups and sustainability advocates have been hoping that a similar glow-up might be possible for other edible arthropods: insects. Insect protein has been touted ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

A troubling investigation has uncovered how outdated pesticide rules threaten the bugs we rely on for food production and ...

If you spot some little black specks in the Indiana snow, it might not be something you may not have known existed in the ...

The jumbo isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi because its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from ...

Toxins on poison dart frog skin mold the skin's microbial community, boosting species variety and potentially even feeding some daredevil bacteria.

The wolf spider is one of the most impressive hunters in the arachnid family. Known for their speed, excellent vision and ...