I’m not an expert on insects, but one day as I was on my way down to the basement with a big basket of laundry, something jumped out from under the stairs that was definitely not one of our pets or my ...

People sometimes rely on the stereotype of a kid living in their parents’ basement to illustrate poor socialization and isolation. But the basement-dwellers may be connected with others in ways that ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Cave crickets travel farther from their homes to forage -- by about double -- than their previously reported range, researchers have discovered. In Texas, that means protective ...

This interesting-looking insect is a wingless cricket native to Southeast Missouri. It is a cave cricket, but it is also known by names such as camel cricket, camel-back cricket and spider cricket.

CAVE CITY, Ky. (AP) - Kurt Helf crawled through Mammoth Cave National Park, holding a humidity-measuring device in one hand and a camera in the other. He leaned in awkward positions parallel to ...