The Six-Legged Narrative EPS 2026-06-29

A writhing mass of harvestmen reveals one of evolution's most creative survival strategies. Cockroaches get a specialized new upgrade that takes them somewhere you would not expect. New research explains the itch-scratch cycle — and why knowing the science does not necessarily make it easier to stop. A community of 400 donors secures critical habitat for one of North America's most endangered butterflies. A lost ant species takes its first steps back home in the English countryside. And an illegal scorpion and tarantula collection in Poland gives us a reason to talk about what responsible exotic invertebrate keeping actually looks like.