Cockroaches tend to unsettle people for obvious reasons, though their biology is often stranger than their appearance. One ...

An insect that lived 100 million years ago has been discovered fossilised in amber in Myanmar. It has forceps like claws ...

With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s ...

Have you ever looked at a flower up close?  Or wondered how plants are pollinated? Take a journey through the secret life of ...

You’re cooking dinner, distracted, and your hand brushes a hot pan. Nerve signals race to your spinal cord and back to yank ...

Fringed polygala has a specialized pollination and seed dispersal strategy found in Massachusetts forests each spring.

A UW-led research team uncovered the fossil of a 75-million-year-old mammal that was roughly the size of a golden hamster, ...

Attenborough began hosting and producing nature documentaries for the BBC in the 1950s. He spoke to Terry Gross in 1995 about ...

In the natural world, a bird’s beak is far more than just a mouth. It is a highly specialised multi-tool, refined over the ...

Ancient mosquito find: A 125‑million‑year‑old mosquito fossil from Lebanese amber is the oldest confirmed specimen ever found. Blood‑feeding males: Fossil evidence suggests both male and female ...

Scientists have identified Pyralis papaleonei, a moth currently known from the White Mountains, or Lefka Ori, in western ...