How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

Pseudoscorpions live in leaf litter, sand dunes and even in your house ... they can actually be helpful creatures to have around, as they eat insect pests. This minibeast might look like part fly, ...

The key was looking at the environmental factors that ... predict the strength of morphological convergence in stick and leaf insects, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024).

Similar to camouflage is disguise, in which the entire insect looks like a specific object, like a leaf or a twig that predators overlook. For these strategies to work, the animal must stay in a ...