Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

While the northern giant hornet's sting is painful to humans, some Asian frogs fearlessly consume these venomous insects. Scientists reveal that frogs possess genetic adaptations in their nerve cells, ...

Antibiotic resistance is racing toward a global crisis, with “superbugs” projected to cause over 10 million deaths annually ...

This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it may be the earliest vertebrate herbivore ever found.

SANParks described the findings as further confirmation that the park remains a critical reservoir of largely unexplored biodiversity.

Courtship in the insect world is an intricate and fascinating process, shaped by millions of years of evolution. Insects communicate love through light, sound, scent, and movement , and sometimes even ...