The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Winter is coming, and so are Asian lady beetles. Virginia is facing an invasion of ladybug lookalikes this fall. The spotted ...

Megaloblatta belongs to a genus of exceptionally large cockroaches found across Central and South America. Known for their ...

Although millions upon millions of living creatures fly, feed and reproduce in the air, this habitat has hardly been ...

Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. The word “adaptation” is used in many ways by climate scientists, but it has ...

In 2015, Professor Gervásio Silva Carvalho of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) in the South ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...

A first-of-its-kind report shows more than 100 native species of trees in the lower 48 states are facing the threat of extinction due to invasive insects, diseases and climate change. A sweeping ...

Singapore's state food agency embodied the phrase "Hakuna Matata" after approving a whopping 16 species of insects for human consumption, ranging from grasshoppers to beetle grubs. BarTa - stock.adobe ...

Giant Jorō spiders are spreading across the US at an alarming rate, as scientists warn of unknown impact on local ecosystems.