INSECTS

The study consisted of 64 volunteers wearing nylon sleeves and being exposed to a variety of mosquitos on their arms in a glass chamber for six hours.

It's an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: workers in gloves and masks, spraying yards for mosquitoes.

About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple's 100-year-old home.

This summer, you might find yourself asking: That is a mosquito, right? Well, maybe yes and maybe no.

The CDC says the number of tick-borne diseases, like Lyme disease, is increasing at a record pace.

Scientists say light pollution is a factor driving "worrying" declines in local insect populations.

The National Museum of Natural History keeps millions of specimens, artifacts and other items for research.

Get ready to hear that eerie noise that can only come from a cicada. Experts say a massive amount of the noisy bugs are making their way to the skies after 17-years underground. As many as 1.5 million cicadas may emerge in parts of Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. The insects do not pose a threat to people. They don’t bite or sting, but they could damage trees.

On Brave Wilderness’ “Breaking Trail” YouTube show, the host, Coyote Peterson, follows adventure in a variety of wildlife areas. RELATED: “Murder Hornets” are in US; Can the insects possibly migrate to San Antonio or South Texas? He travels across the area for days in search of the hornet until he finally finds one on his last day. To let the hornet sting him. “When the stinger went into my arm, I had a wave come over me and I got super dizzy,” he said.

The idea of eating insects may be catching on in the U.S., with more and more businesses catering to appetites for insect protein.