Some insects don’t run or fight - they trick. Mimicry lets them appear dangerous, invisible, or completely different from what they really are. It’s survival through deception, and it works more often ...

Japanese researchers turn tobacco cutworm caterpillars into living factories that create complex fluorescent nanocarbons.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Researchers led by Kenichiro Itami at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) / RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ...

Insects are vanishing from even the most protected ecosystems on Earth, and scientists say climate change is now the main ...

Ever wonder what happens to all the bugs when winter hits? They don’t just vanish – they adapt in some surprisingly clever ...