Most people first notice pill bugs while lifting a flowerpot or turning over a log, then watching small gray roly polies curl ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...

When we think of flowers, we imagine fresh, pleasant fragrances. Roses, jasmine, lilies, all things nice. But nature, as ...

While the majority of animals (humans included) roam the Earth, some of nature’s most fascinating creatures spend their lives ...

Birdwatching often feels like a test of patience where the final exam involves distinguishing between a dozen types of small, brown sparrows. We stare into the bushes, squinting until our eyes water, ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

Dengue’s brutal “breakbone” fever has long been one of global health’s most stubborn failures, a disease that keeps resurging even as other infections retreat. Now a convergence of mosquito ...

In a horrific but easy-to-visualise scene, the ants grab its limbs and pull backwards, while the insect struggles in the ...

In London, the Natural History Museum released its 2025 list of newly described species, formally adding 262 plants and ...

Centipedes are not insects either. But centipedes are more closely related to insects than worms are. And that is because ...