A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

Many people are terrified of hornets, and for good reason—their potent, painful stings are extremely unpleasant and provide ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Located in the country’s center, Ruaha National Park offers a very different vision of safari. The park is roughly 37 percent larger than Serengeti National Park, yet it attracted just under four ...

Cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions are bad news for most animals, including spiders. But these creatures aren’t ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...

By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the City of Graz today announced early results from a study using the sterile male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, as part of an assessment for the ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

Primarily used to procure and eat food, bills are also used to probe mud, peck wood, tear flesh, sift water, pry seeds, build ...

Nestled in downtown Kokomo stands a lime-green guardian that’s become the unofficial mascot of this central Indiana city – a 17-foot praying mantis that stops traffic and starts conversations. You ...