An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear ...

What’s the difference between an insect and a bug? Who buzzes in the grass? And what does a ladybug have to do with a lady?

Not all stings are created equal some can leave you in excruciating pain. From bullet ants to wasps, discover the top 5 ...

With summer here, more spiders and bees are coming. Read to learn about the pain of spider bites and bee stings, and which ...

On these insect factory farms, vast numbers of bugs are confined in trays or other containers until, at several weeks old, they’re frozen, cooked, shredded, or suffocated alive.

Insects are sentient beings that can experience pain and perhaps even fear, said philosopher Martijn van Loon, who is involved in research at Wageningen University and working on a thesis about ...

He's the originator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, a system for ranking insect bites and stings — from 1 to 4, or from annoyance to "just shoot me" agony.

Even in humans, to evaluate pain is really, really tricky. We have all of these pain scales where we try to rate from 1 to 10 to describe what we're feeling.