Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...

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Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Cockroach infestations don’t just bring creepy crawlers, they fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins that can trigger asthma and allergies. NC State researchers found that larger infestations ...

From fiery throats to jaunty crests, India’s bulbuls brighten forests and cities alike, revealing surprising diversity, ...

Ecologists now describe insect decline as a defining signal of a broader ecological breakdown. Evidence from long-running ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

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

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

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator gains legal standing—and reshapes conservation.

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.