They even have odd habits like vomiting digestive juices onto live prey. Yet, insects are closer to us than you might think, and nothing human is foreign to them. For example, these creatures are ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

CHICAGO — By now, you know we’re about to be visited by billions of cicadas, including downstate Illinois where, for the first time in more than 200 years, two types of cicadas are emerging at ...