Scientists long believed crushing pressure made deep aquatic environments off-limits to insects, but a tiny fly larva living ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how insects are masters of mimicry, and how a new study ...

A new study found Saxifraga candelabrum to be a carnivorous plant, proving true Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that some plants ...

Scientists have made a surprising finding about how an asexually reproducing stick insect has evolved. Research led by Dr.

There are roughly five thousand to six thousand species of cicadas on earth. Most of them emerge reliably every summer, part ...

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The result was a sample of 5.5 million specimens, of which around 600,000 will ultimately have sections of their DNA ...

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The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Pro-environmental behavior increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research. Pro-environmental behaviour increases among school ...

Some insects have detachable penises, others produce sperm that is 20 times the size of their own body. Others have evolved with special equipment to help them tear rivals off potential mates. Insects ...

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