On a hot summer day, strolling down a city street with concrete in every direction can feel like walking into an oven. It ...

Researchers have discovered that insects' sense of smell evolved from ancient taste genes, rewriting evolutionary history.

Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...

Bobby Moore explores how Australia’s insects evolved into unusually large species adapted to their environment.

Not all insects evolved from a common ancestor as has long been believed, a surprising new genetics study suggests. At least one group of primitive wingless hexapods – six-legged animals – known as ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more social by shedding genes tied to competition and independence. A shift to ...

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