CARRIE ARNOLD: A growing collection of new experiments is challenging the old consensus. Far from being six-legged automatons, insects can experience feelings akin to pain and suffering, joy and desire. When Lars Chittka, a sensory and behavioral ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the … Continue reading Are Insects Conscious?: The surprisingly sophisticated mind of an insect