Sometimes, looking at insects under a microscope can be nothing short of horrifying. Ants, for instance, look like orcs from some medieval fantasy series, and perhaps unsurprisingly, spiders don't ...

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Cate Wallace (left) and T. Josek in front of the environmental scanning electron microscope used for Bugscope in the Beckman Institute's Microscopy Suite. Bugscope is gearing up to celebrate 25 years ...

An image-detailing digital microscope and a chemical-replacing X-ray scanner improve University of Idaho Extension educator Armando Falcon’s ability to promptly supply farmers with detailed, vital ...

The buzzing excitement in the second-grade classrooms at Dodge Elementary wasn’t just from the students; it was from the fascinating world of insects the students were actively discovering.

Researchers studied six pieces of amber containing fossilized ants with other insects nearby revealing an ecosystem in the ...

Seven species of a frog-like insect that were discovered in a rainforest have been confirmed as new to science following an examination of their genitalia. The previously unknown species of leafhopper ...