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In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and ...

His fossils, collected over a decade at a Jurassic site in New South Wales, have revealed a new species of non-biting midge.

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

Stick insects look just like the naturally-occurring sticks and twigs that surround them in a forest. This is an aesthetic feature that helps them evade predation more effectively than other insects.

Insects as a viable animal feed have been receiving increasing recognition due to their high energy and protein content. Since July 2017, EU legislation has been changed and now permits that animals ...

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Buzzing underneath a set of railway arches in central London are hundreds of thousands of little flies, showcasing insect-farming technology that could help fight climate ...

Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national ...

Many animals are wrongly labelled useless based on human convenience. However, science reveals every creature has a crucial ...