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 ...

This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... As the vertebrate monsters have waxed and waned, the insects have gone on mating and hatching and, as they ...

world of bugs! Why settle for one surprise when you can give them all? Our Nat Geo Little Kids Bug Book Bundle is perfect for curious little explorers aged 3-6! It includes 6 issues of Nat Geo ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

But treehoppers are the creative kids in their class ... “When you work with insects,” McKamey says, “it’s like Christmas every day.” National Geographic senior writer Douglas Main ...

Using flowers, leaves, twigs, and seeds, Canadian artist Raku Inoue creates intricate portraits of insects ... in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tropical plants aren ...

This story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... plants with leaves like champagne flutes, into which insects (and sometimes larger animals) lose themselves and ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

New environments. New challenges. New insects. National Geographic’s A Real Bug’s Life is back for a second season full of tiny insects attempting to survive in vast and complex worlds. Dr. Tim ...

Cicadas are also known for their buzzing and clicking noises, which can be amplified by multitudes of insects into an overpowering hum. Males produce this species-specific noise with vibrating ...

The compound that makes this red helps explain why the chain’s customers recoiled: It’s pulverized insects. For the National Geographic web series Ingredients, chemist George Zaidan studies ...