At the same time, not all spiders (or parts of spiders) elicit the same disgust. Among the photo selections were sets that ...

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...

Imagine sprinting barefoot across a searing hot parking lot in midsummer. The ground blazes. The light dazzles and blinds ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental ...

A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact, the diversity of ants in the American tropics and their behavior remain u ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey has been working to preserve historical specimens of organisms that originated in ...

Plants need 16 elements for normal growth. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger than itself.

A pilot study has found evidence of Bartonella and Babesia infection in almost half of 50 blood samples from patients suffering chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

A detailed annotation of anatomical brain structures (some novel) of the spider Uloborus diversus is provided based on a ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental changes ...

Neither plant, nor animal, nor fungus: science finally discovers what these 8-metre giants were - ...