In a groundbreaking discovery in Ecuador's Amazon, scientists have identified a unique spider species, Taczanowskia waska, which artfully impersonates a fungus that preys on spiders. This exceptional ...

Birding is having a moment. The hobby of spotting and listening to birds, meeting others to do so in groups and sharing experiences on social media is more popular than ever among young people.

Traces or perforations caused by living organisms after an animal's death can be found on various dinosaur bone remains.

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny insects, named for their frog-shaped bodies and powerful jumping legs, are so ...

Mid-summer is often when we also see tomato cracking.  Tomatoes sometimes grow too quickly for their skin to keep up; this ...

The next time you post a nature photo online, you might be contributing to a major scientific breakthrough—just as several citizen scientists did when they helped discover the wasp Eupelmus curvator ...

Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, scientists investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations. The scientists found that exposure to non-fatal amounts of 57 percent of the ...

Rio Hondo Civic Center was the site of a special talk on the New World Screwworm on Tuesday evening. Although dozens of ...

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Agronomists are urging maize growers to inspect crops after an unusual series of beet armyworm caused significant damage to ...

Doctronic reports that alpha-gal syndrome, triggered by lone star tick bites, causes delayed allergic reactions to red meat, ...