Phyla

Scientists who study insects are fascinated by a little-known species in Australia called “magnetic” termites. They won’t stick to your refrigerator, but they do build their homes, mounds, in a particular orientation, seemingly based on the Earth’s magnetic field.

Scientists are experimenting with rebuilding oyster reefs off the coast of New York City. One writer suspects that if these structures had been in place, Hurricane Sandy’s massive storm surge would have been greatly reduced.

Like a modern cicada, the ancient katydid used its legs to make sounds to attract members of the opposite sex. But unlike their modern descendants, the ancient critters produced just a single note.

Entomologists are gathering at the National Bed Bug Summit to figure out how to fight back against bed bugs.

In a warehouse in Spain, a French farmer is raising what she hopes will be the next big thing in French and European cooking: insects.