Media coverage can often be the push that helps research make a splash. Well, this week’s Newscripts is a little late to that particular party. Andrew Dickerson’s research into what happens to water ...

When the temperatures rise and it is hot outside, it's not just people who long for a refreshing dip in a pool or the sea. Wild animals and insects also need water, and if you have a garden or balcony ...

The sight of a drooping flower head is often all it takes to prod us to unravel the hose and turn on the spigot. We’re less attuned to the water preferences and needs of birds and insects, though, and ...

(a) Number of observation records per 500-m elevational band. (b) Number of genera and the number of their observation records in the database. (c) Cumulative number of observation records of each ...

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There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Scientists said on Wednesday they have discovered how tiny insects manage to walk on water and propel themselves across the slippery slopes of ponds and puddles. Although the surfaces of the water ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

A meta-analysis has found that land-dwelling insect populations are decreasing by about 0.92% per year, which amounts to 50% fewer insects in 75 years. The numbers of insects that live in the water ...