The European blister beetle lays thousands of eggs in the spring. When they hatch, the bright-orange larvae shimmy up flower ...

The video documents some of the strangest insects found in the United States, focusing on species with extreme shapes and ...

Orchids are masters of deception, using visual mimicry, chemical signals, and complex structures to manipulate pollinators ...

Animals such as the orchid mantis mimic the look of flowers, and the corpse flower emits a smell like rotting meat to attract ...

A world without insects and birds is unimaginable. Every terrestrial ecosystem would collapse without insects and countless ...

This evening’s session at the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting focused on an often-overlooked culprit in dermatology: arthropods. Titled “What’s Bugging You? Arthropods of ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...

Nature, in all its glory, is a gold mine of peculiar and fascinating phenomena. From animals with superpowers to plants with ...

Climate change may reduce yields of crops like corn and soybeans, but it can also give some plants an edge. That's one of the ...

A tropical insect has been found to change colour from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves of rainforest plants. The findings, published ...

Beavers are increasingly being recognized as vital ecosystem engineers who can help us navigate the challenges of climate ...

Most well-manicured yards look tidy at a glance, but they are often silent in the ways that matter (for the worse). Fewer ...