The Photuris firefly is an iconic genus of lightning bugs. Female species in this genus lure and eat other male fireflies.

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New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs ...

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From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ingenious traps for finding the ...

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil.

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Watching this horrifying video clip of a botfly emerging from a dead rodent’s body may put you off them for life! But if you ...

What billionaires and giant corporations pay in taxes—and what that means for the rest of us. “We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a ...