Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

Scientists used 3D-printed insect models to study how disguises help harmless species fool predators and survive in the wild.

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Raptors such as eagles, hawks and falcons have a reputation for having great vision, and that reputation is well-earned.

The resemblance could have been the result of convergent evolution, when two groups independently evolve in the same way, and so the idea that insects are modified crustaceans didn’t catch.

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A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

Insect population collapse is grossly underestimated by high-profile work Two researchers identified methodological and statistical errors in the largest database on global changes in invertebrate ...

For example, there are more species of insects (around 5 million) than all other groups of animals put together, making them arguably the most successful animal group on Earth.