It is estimated that only about 3% of insects are pests. Metamorphosis refers to the insect’s life cycle, and how it changes and grows into an adult. Insects may have complete or incomplete (simple) ...

The beetle is among the most diverse insects in the world. There are more than 400,000 known species belonging to the insect ...

An insect’s life cycle follows similar stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult (or egg, nymph, adult). Most insects live rather ...

Viruses are master parasites that have adapted to infect many host species. Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread ...

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An interview with naturalist Judy Fairchild about her Backyard Butterflies book about butterflies in the Lowcountry.

With the help of our sister magazine "How It Works," we've pulled together some of the best science books for kids of all ages ... minded stargazers. The life cycle of stars, conjunctions and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly ... Where were the dull thwacks of flying insects bumping against the lightbulb? Even the tuneless orchestra of cicadas or ...

From their variety of spots to their hidden wings, there is much to learn about these helpful and charming insects ... the same throughout their entire life cycle. Though most people think ...

The quality was so good that he could see the ommatidia, or individual units, of the insect’s compound eyes ... to the filmmakers of Netflix’s “Life on Our Planet.” ...

Sorting strand by strand to see if tiny, six-legged insects are clinging to your scalp ... “It just doesn’t make sense, if you think about the life cycle of the lice, to send a kid immediately ...

The two specific broods emerging this year have not come out at the same time since 1803, and kids may be hearing a lot of news about these loud insects. So today we're tackling the cicada ...