A stick insect and a mushroom were both found encased within a chunk of amber near the Baltic region of Europe recently. Although this find may not sound too exciting, entomologists are fascinated with it because the fossil reveals a…
Cicadas are known be extremely loud, and their sounds tend to annoy most people. So it should be of no surprise that Cicada’s are on record as being the loudest insects in existence. The European Mole Cricket was previously believed…
The oldest insect fossil ever found is three hundred and ten million years old. The insect is most likely a type of Mayfly. What is interesting about this fossil is the fact that there are no insect prints leading to…
The blessed among us are likely already aware that the bible mentions bugs often, and even the less pious of us are likely aware of the plague of the locusts. But the bible’s references to a variety of different bugs…
In this day and age many remarkable feats of science have been accomplished. What people fifty years ago would have sworn would always be the product of Science Fiction are now everyday realities that we take for granted. Products like…
A mother of a 21-month-old daughter was innocently letting her daughter have a few pieces of chocolate one day when she looked down and discovered that the chocolate buttons were covered in webbing of what looked to be a silk…
Now that humans have developed highly sophisticated supercomputers we are currently facing potential strides in human knowledge that go well beyond what intellectuals of all sorts had initially predicted. For instance, we are now capable of using advanced computer programs…
Does Loud Bug Sex Attract Predators? The question posed above has NOT been baffling philosophers and scientists for ages, but we still want to know the answer. And the answer is yes, according to researchers in Germany. Well at least…
Bugs Can Get Into Your Home Easier Than You Think During the summer months it is common to see insects crawling around your home. Many insects are out and about exploring different territories to find shelter and it can be…