In a paper published in the journal Systematic Entomology, researchers described an unusual species of prehistoric trap-jaw ant found in several pieces...
According to new research published in the journal eLife, the dragonfly brain can perform visual tasks that were previously associated only with mammals.
Wiederman...
An international team of taxonomists led by experts at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) selected the top 10 from among the...
A new species of the butterfly genus Melitaea has been discovered in northern Israel, according to a paper published in the journal Comparative Cytogenetics.
The...
A new study published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society documents evidence of an orchid fossil trapped in Baltic amber that dates back 45-55...
A blood-engorged nymphal tick of the genus Amblyomma surrounded by fossilized mammalian erythrocytes (red blood cells) has been discovered in a piece of...
According to a new study published in The Science of Nature, the annual prey kill of the global spider community is in the range of 400-800 million metric...
After only nine generations, the same plant species is larger and more fragrant if pollinated by bumblebees rather than flies, according to University...
In a paper published in the journal Cretaceous Research, Oregon State University researchers described a never-before-seen insect species found in a piece...
A new species of ground beetle has been identified by Cornell University Professor James Liebherr.
Holotype specimen of Bryanites graeffii. Image credit:...
Fossilized forewings (elytra) from two individuals, discovered at the Oliver Bluffs on the Beardmore Glacier, revealed the first ground beetle species...
A fossilized biting midge found in India preserved in amber dates back some 54 million years, says an international team of paleontologists.
Camptopterohelea...
String pulling is a popular problem-solving task for investigating cognitive abilities in apes and birds, but has never been tested in insects. Now, buff-tailed...
Taxonomy experts at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) selected the top 10 from among the estimated 18,000 new species named...
An international team of entomologists has described a new species of dragonfly from Annamense Mountains in eastern Cambodia and southern Laos.
Asiagomphus...
Zooplanktonic sea butterflies (Limacina helicina) ‘fly’ underwater using the same technique as tiny flying insects, beating their wings in a figure-of-eight...
A large multinational team of scientists has successfully sequenced the whole genome of the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius), uncovering several traits...
Carnivorous plants, such as the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), depend on an animal diet when grown in nutrient-poor soils. They sense the arrival of...
