February 15, 2019

Why do creepy-crawlies creep us out?

Pest control is a billion-dollar business for a reason: Insects and arachnids are the all-stars of nastiness. They reproduce like crazy (a single female aphid, for […]
February 15, 2019

Why don’t we just kill all those pests?

Because they have us outnumbered! More than 80 percent of all species on Earth belong to this wildly diverse group of creatures, and biologists are discovering […]
February 15, 2019

Why are insects crucial to our survival?

Because the world would be a lifeless brown ball of dust without them. Many of these creepy creepers feast on feces (poop) and dead plant an […]
February 15, 2019

Why do insects have shells instead of skin?

They wear their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, and they can change these shells just like we change our clothes. When a bug outgrows […]