Long before the dawn of modern parenting, animals laid eggs and moved on, leaving their progeny to fend for themselves. Now, a study published in Nature uncovers one of the elegant ways that evolution ...

Psychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't always reacting without reason. Psychology ...

By repurposing ancient feeding signals, clonal raider ants coordinate brood care and foraging, offering new insights into the ...

Fungal strains with broader nutrient use proved better at suppressing insect pests and promoting plant root colonization, ...

Plant researchers from Wales and Uganda have collaborated on a community enterprise project in rural Uganda, becoming the ...

The evolutionary paths that created snatching forelimbs in insects multiple times moved in a similar direction but didn't end ...

Zoraptera, also known as angel insects or ground lice, are tiny termite-like insects generally found underneath bark or in ...

Cockroaches are already famous for surviving some of Earth's harshest conditions, but scientists have now pushed their ...

A friend is someone you know and have a bond of mutual affection. Social behavior, such as having mutual affection, appears across various species from mammalian families to highly structured ...

Cockroaches have earned a reputation as one of the toughest animals on Earth. They can survive without food for weeks, endure ...

It’s not the students’ fault. Ecology and evolution offerings in the biology school curriculum are slim pickings: blink and you miss them among a sea of cells and neurons. The education system has ...

Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this ​remarkable carnivorous ...