To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the same size as the food they usually eat. Researchers reporting in the journal ...

If you're a Long Islander with a dark and damp basement or storage room, it's likely you've turned the lights on recently only to discover a mysterious six-legged creature with the ability to leap ...

In all these many years, I have never written a column on springtails, and yet I am pretty sure you have them all over your yard. In fact, you have more of them than any other arthropod. You probably ...

Western biologists have developed an innovative way to reconstruct how crickets sing, based on the physical formation of the chirping insects' wings, using measurements from preserved samples and ...

IDAHO, USA — Massive cricket swarms are creating unexpected road hazards across remote areas of Idaho, prompting AAA to issue safety guidelines for drivers navigating through the insects. The seasonal ...

You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. UFC is to humans what cricket fighting is to field crickets ...

TEXAS, USA — You've probably ran into them in droves out in public or even outside of your house. Swarms of crickets... everywhere you go. Heck, one dropped down from the Toyota Stadium concourse and ...

The fall season is bringing cool weather to North Texas, but is also ushering in cricket season. Most North Texans have likely seen black field crickets hanging outside their home or car. The insects ...