This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native ...

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

Insects thrive in incredibly diverse and challenging environments. While we now know that nutrient-sensing pathways, ...

An alien virus creates a hive mind. But the story is how the survivors fail to unite—revealing human cooperation's fragile ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

While scientists said it’s good news that birds appear to be adjusting to warming temperatures, they cautioned the shift ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

A fossil found in Tibet has forced scientists to rewrite insect evolution, revealing a brief leap toward water.

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...