Jiminiy Christmas! Once on the brink of extinction, the world’s heaviest insect — the wētāpunga — is staging a remarkable ...

Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss ...

A new high-throughput respiration-measuring system lets scientists monitor up to 240 insects and other invertebrates at once, making it far easier to study insects' resting metabolic rates and how ...

Ten parasites that sound like they belong in science fiction—but are actually real. From fungi that manipulate ant behavior ...

Dragons appear in stories as enormous reptilian creatures with wings, claws, armored bodies and, in many traditions, the ...

Sea AntBasic InformationJapanese Name: Sea AntScientific Name: Formica aestuariiEtymology: Derived from Latin meaning ...

The world's heaviest insect has made an astonishing comeback after conservationists saved the giant bug from the brink of ...

A new study finds that invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades can spread native and invasive plant seeds, adding to their ...

Create a dry barrier between wooded areas and your lawn. Public health experts often recommend a 3-foot-wide strip of wood chips or gravel to help reduce the transition zone where ticks move into high ...

When people hear the word "polyphenol," many may think of red wine, green tea, coffee, or cacao.The image of them being ...

An analysis of extinct giants, including Megalodon and Titanoboa, and the environmental parameters that allowed their massive ...