Bat perception has been examined for decades as a problem of sensory reach rather than animal intelligence. Many species ...

When a spider stops moving, it often finds itself tucked behind a sofa or caught in a room's corner. The legs are pulled in ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have ...

Tucked within the hilltop campus of the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Biblioteca Joanina is a ...

Discover why using parasitoid wasps for pest control remains resilient against resistance, offering a safer alternative to chemical pesticides.

The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is ...

A virologist has taken to homebrewing a polynoravius vaccine to be ingested via yeast cells — in other words, a frothy pint of beer.

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) blistering new Festivus Report 2025 dropped this week, torching Washington for what it says is a ...

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...

Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new form of mosquito control in town — one that involves olfactory trickery, genetic engineering and a deadly infectious fungus. Researchers reported last week in the ...