Diving beetles have evolved a specialized way to breathe underwater using pockets of trapped air. New footage shows how these ...

A great deal of romance attaches these days to the “Age of Sail”, the period between the 15th and 19th centuries when wooden sailing ships reached their technological apogee. Historians, however, have ...

Amber can be a veritable treasure trove of ancient animals and insects, but it most commonly captures creatures that lived in forests – understandable, given the stuff starts life as tree sap. But now ...

THE letter from Dr. Hem Singh Pruthi on this subject l is of much interest, but one feels doubtful whether the comparative absence of insects from the oceans can be accounted for simply on the ground ...

Bioluminescence is one of nature’s most striking adaptations. Here are 7 insects that have evolved the ability to emit light for survival, communication, and hunting.

THE phenomenon referred to under the above heading in your issue of August 17 may be in part accounted for by the fact that on August 7, at many spots in the neighbourhood of Godalming (S. W. Surrey), ...

The animal kingdom employs camouflage for survival, allowing creatures to evade predators. Here's a look at these magnificent ...

How humans evolved from the very first animals over the last 600 million years is an endlessly fascinating question. When piecing together the many steps leading from our first simple animal ancestor ...

A black sticky goo that perplexed visitors to a Maine beach has been revealed to be millions of dead bugs. Scientists set about to figure out what the mysterious substance was after beachgoers at ...