Lice are small parasitic insects that live exclusively on the human scalp and feed on blood Their bodies and claws are highly ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago ...

Certain ant species are famous for their ability to explode, a suicidal defense mechanism. Read here to learn how and when ...

Bed bugs did not evolve to target humans by accident, but through a long process of adaptation tied closely to human behavior. As people moved into permanent shelters, these insects shifted hosts and ...

Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, together with data scientists, have developed a new method to largely ...

Termites became social powerhouses by stripping away genes tied to competition and independence. This genetic shedding locked in monogamy, boosted cooperation, and paved the way for their ...

When someone says ‘butterfly,’ many people might imagine a delicate creature with wings. However, “The butterfly is the whole organism,” says City College evolutionary biologist David Lohman. “From ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

Scientists have uncovered a 151-million-year-old midge fossil in Australia that challenges long-held views about insect evolution. Named Telmatomyia talbragarica, the fossil shows freshwater ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...