From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A new study of amber pieces from the time of the dinosaurs suggests that these perfectly preserved insects can reveal not ...

When Lewes arrived for a league clash in early 2024, little did we know what kind of rollercoaster affair would ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

Researchers have found that some butterfly caterpillars mimic the meticulously timed movements of ants to win their favor and ...

Dominican amber preserves a 16-million-year-old ant queen, marking the first fossil evidence of Hypoponera in the Americas.

The team calculated that the mosquitos likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some 2.9 to 1.6 million years ago. This overlaps with the same period in which ...

Luke Combs shared how his physical appearance has affected his mindset throughout his career as one of country music’s most successful artists.

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of ...

The natural world has produced some genuinely unsettling creatures over the years, but the dementor wasp has a particular claim […] ...

Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.