Bug enthusiasts will be seeing red at this year's Arizona Insect Festival, which will feature a new exhibit on a prickly pear parasite used for centuries to make a prized ...

While some animals use camouflage to hide from predators, others use bright colour to warn predators off. But which strategy is more effective?

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Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along its path, the moistened swab collected scraps of life: some combination of ...

It has really been only in the most recent history that humans — well, the majority of humans anyway — have had the luxury of deciding what they want to eat. This has led to endless debate and ...

For more than ten years, Lawrence Kandulna was a migrant worker in Pune. A native of Kulhai village, in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, Lawrence worked as a gardener in a nursery in the city and returned ...

Diversity is the key to the strength and resilience of Mother Nature. In the plant world, diversity ranges from single-celled algae to giant sequoia trees. The diversity of insects is almost too much ...

Nothing disrupts a peaceful afternoon in the garden quite like a swarm of wasps. These aggressive insects can make outdoor spaces uncomfortable and even dangerous for those with allergies. But did you ...