Dec. 6, 2024 — Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but rely on a different component of the field than other insects. The survey ...

Insects make up about forty per cent of living species, and we tend to kill them without pause. New research explores the ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

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Something else the team learned was that because the same body parts kept evolving in different insects, they could predict how some modern insects will evolve. The key was looking at the ...

With more research into the factors influencing how different insects adapt to higher temperatures during winter, scientists could predict which species will need more urgent help from ...

Get up close and personal with some of the world’s most interesting insects and the micro worlds they call home in Nat Geo’s ...

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed an ultra-high-speed imaging ...

Billions of 'Brood XIV' cicadas, resembling alien insects, are set to emerge in 2025 after a 17-year slumber, affecting 13 US ...

This year’s group, Brood XIV, will emerge in numbers in the lower billions this spring, said Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada Safari.

Originally, the species was found only on Lord Howe Island between Australia and New Zealand in the Tasman Sea. In 1918, the ...

New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...