In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked ...

A close-up camera captures a metallic-green dragonfly perched on a rock, actively feeding on its prey. This moment reveals the precision and efficiency of one of nature’s most skilled insect hunters, ...

There is always something amazing about nature, and one of the latest amazing phenomena discovered relates to ants conducting ...

Ants are known for many things. They fight, bite and sometimes compete for every crumb. We can now possibly add cleaning ...

On a 2-foot-long circular track, two cockroaches — each named Herman — raced against each other. Children and parents cheered ...

Archerfish shoot down prey without ever leaving the water. Behind this strange tactic lies a finely tuned system shaped by ...

Morning-blooming morning glories and flowers that release fragrance at night seem as if they know the time. A KAIST research team has uncovered, at the molecular level, the workings of a "biological ...

Bees are amazing highly intelligent, very likely sentient, and emotional animals. Bee expert Dr. Mathieu Lihoreau's new book titled What Do Bees Think About? is an eye-opening and mind-expanding ...

Trajectories of mosquitoes flying around a human target. David L. Hu, Georgia Tech That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare skin. This ...

Pests like aphids and spider mites can quickly ruin a garden, but early detection makes them easier to manage. LSU Ag ...