As temperatures drop, insects face conditions that can quickly become fatal. This video explores where bugs go during winter ...

Mosquitoes are often called the most dangerous animals on Earth because of the diseases they spread. Fredros Okumu studies these insects with one goal: reduce their populations and limit their impact.

The mythical “Cloud People” have descended from legend — straight into real life. Archaeologists in southern Mexico have ...

Whether it’s seaweed cloaks or see-through wings, these animals know how to hide. Meet four masters of disguise who’ve turned camouflage and mimicry into a work of art.

The River Ash in Hertfordshire – a chalk stream tributary of the River Lea is one of the streams surveyed as part of the GeneFlow project. Some of our most beautiful rivers in the UK are known as ...

Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to ...

Tropical regions concentrate most of the world’s insect diversity, yet they remain among the least comprehensively documented ...

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re going behind the scenes at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Osteology ...

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

An evolution-inspired framework for how quantum fuzziness gives rise to our classical world shows that even imperfect ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...