She says when male and female insects look different, that is called sexual dimorphism – and this can happen in a variety of ...

As winter loosens its grip across the South, one of the season’s smallest migrants begins its return. Hummingbirds, fresh from wintering grounds in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, are ...

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

ADRIAN WOOLFSON, scientist and founder of Genyro, has authored a brave new book, 'On the Future of Species'. Here, Woolfson examines with SUCHETA DASGUPTA the future of humanity in a world of AI ...

Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron ...

Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds.

Both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn's disease can cause inflammation anywhere from your mouth to your anus. Ulcerative colitis specifically ...

This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or ...

When the bee-fly's parasitic maggots hatch, they will suck the life out of the hapless bee grubs. Gruesome stuff. In the meantime, the adult bee-flies are entertaining to watch as they dart between ...