Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

Experts say that if people in the United States and Europe can get over the "ick", edible insects could revolutionise food ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

When a caterpillar hatches from its egg, it spends the first few weeks of its life eating as much as it physically can. Then, it hangs itself upside down from a leaf or stem and sheds its outer skin ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

Honeybees can solve simple addition and subtraction problems and even possess some understanding of the concept of zero ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

This separation of sexes in plants is called dioecy. One reason why dioecy may evolve is because of the negative effects that ...

Inspection of incoming plants by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and USDA, plus support of the University of Hawaii ...

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot—the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising ...