Meet the treehopper, a type of bug best known for the strange, thorn-like protrusions that stick out of its back into the air ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A graduate student has named a newly discovered insect after Lady Gaga. Brendan Morris, who studies entomology at the University of Illinois, named the treehopper bug Kaikaia gaga, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- According to Brendan Morris, a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, treehoppers are the wackiest, most astonishing bugs most people have never heard ...

Why the treehopper developed the enlarged, three-dimensional hood ornament that distinguishes it from the rest of the insect world remains a mystery to scientists, though it's theorized that mimicry ...

Many fascinating creatures reside in the Amazon rainforest. In a YouTube video from the BBC, we get a glimpse of two amazing insects that have learned to work together. In the clip from Planet Earth ...

Lady Gaga‘s flamboyant visual style has inspired the name of a newly discovered insect species. Kaikaia gaga is a new genus of the treehopper bugs found almost three decades ago near the Pacific coast ...

The graduate student who named a new species of bug after Lady Gaga deserves a round of "Applause." The creature dubbed Kaikaia gaga is a new species of treehopper — a group of insects that rival the ...

A new genus of treehopper bugs found near the Pacific coast of Nicaragua has been named after Lady Gaga. Kaikaia gaga, named by Brendan Morris (a PhD candidate in entomology at University of Illinois ...

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An insect with a “wacky fashion sense” is on the edge of glory: It’s been named after flashy pop star Lady Gaga. Brendan Morris, a graduate student studying entomology at the University of Illinois at ...