If you are tired of hearing that your children are bored, why not try doing some science experiments for kids?

An 8-year-old boy gingerly bit down on a sour cream-flavored cricket during a summer camp Monday at the Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur. "It tastes kind of crunchy and dry," Whitman ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth ...

Dr. Dana Suskind’s new book ‘Human Raised’ looks at how to protect kids, and human connection, in an age of AI ...

Slow-motion videos suggest that the insects display distinct behaviors when they like or dislike a snack. The findings might ...

Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.

Nebraska family spots make messy fun the point, giving kids room to dig, splash, explore, and burn off energy without ...

Silverball Retro Arcade is where the 1980s never ended and nobody’s complaining about it. Rows of vintage pinball machines ...

Zoraptera, an order of insects that includes angel insects, has defied accurate taxonomic description since 1913.

Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talks about why wolves are thriving in California, a new estimation of the world's insect species and the universe's earliest quasars.