Life can get a bit lonely for the orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus. It grows in dark and secluded places where it’s easy to ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed advanced robotic insects that could aid ...

The corpse flower, native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, gets its name from the literal translation of the Indonesian ...

Using high levels of common fertilisers on grassland halves pollinator numbers and drastically reduces the number of flowers, research from the world’s longest-running ecological experiment has found.

Shorty: Did you know that most of our native bees hibernate in hollow stems? Or that cutting your garden in the fall could disrupt hibernating insects and tree frogs? Find out how Groton’s ...

Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique self-pollination method.

The MIT researchers were able to significantly increase the flight time of an insect-sized flapping wing robot compared to similar robots.

While people pay good money to get rid of cockroaches and other creepy-crawlies, Kris Messenger has dedicated her life to ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles may get all the headlines, but they're not the only flying robots in town. Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) are their smaller cousins. These tiny devices could be the key to ...

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name — revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by ...