Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

In the depths of tropical forests, a little-known species of ant uses one of the most extreme defense strategies found in ...

A new research study finds infected ant pupae emit a chemical signal that prompts workers to kill them. The behavior prevents ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

The mirror test has fascinated scientists for decades due to its simplicity and revealing nature. First introduced in 1970 by ...

Diatomaceous earth is a white powder made from crushed ancient diatom fossils. Its sharp edges damage insect bodies, making ...

From flies landing on food to the retraction of the controversial arsenic-life paper, these tales of microscopic critters ...

This study provides an important assessment of how body size influences the occurrence of macro-organisms in urban areas across the globe. Size in most plants, but only some animal families, was ...

The Earth has innumerable creatures in the jungles, oceans, skies, and under the mud, some of them might even yet be unknown ...

He was inspired in 1990, when the Dalai Lama met with a group of rabbis and Jewish scholars for a Jewish-Buddhist dialogue.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has bestowed names on 43 newly discovered plant and animal species, ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the Brazilian rainforest, Cecropia trees and Azteca ants have a special relationship. The trees ...