Viruses are master parasites that have adapted to infect many host species. Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread their infections—such as arboviruses that use insects to move their ...

It's an insect everybody loves to hate. Pesky mosquitoes will be out in swarms as the weather warms up across the U.S.—and ...

Powered by a backpack with wireless sensors that detect when the cockroach stops moving, the helmets' UV lights activate. This leverages a behavior known as negative photoaxis, where insects move away ...

When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of nature's most astonishing feats take place at a scale often smaller than a ...