A three-inch long Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) was spotted at a local Santa Barbara County business this ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Corpse plants definitely earn their nickname. Their pungent odors attract not only the carrion insects – beetles and flies normally drawn to decomposing meat – that pollinate the plants, but also ...

A man and woman were arrested early Monday for suspicion of felony child abuse and neglect after deputies responded to a ...

As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under ...

In Hunan province’s mountains, a bare-bones survival show pushes ordinary people to the edge while millions watch, searching for something real in an increasingly curated digital world.

If you fear black widow spiders, you're not alone. Knowing how to identify one can help you to take the right course of ...

The bright yellow American goldfinch is a favorite of backyard bird-watchers. Discover how to attract these birds with their ...

A tiny parasitic wasp turns the Tussock moth caterpillar into a living nursery, laying eggs that hatch and feed inside the host while it continues its daily life — unaware of its fate.

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...