This remarkable discovery, made by an international team of scientists led by Dr. David Hone of Queen Mary University of London, sheds light on a longstanding mystery about how these enigmatic ...

The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ...

This is because they eat a range of plants like grapes, hops, stone fruits, and hardwood trees (especially the Tree of Heaven). As they eat, the bugs leave behind a sticky, oozing residue called ...

Aloft over the landscape of Bavaria some 147 million years ago was a pterosaur - an ancient flying reptile - with a wing span of about 7 feet (2 meters), a bony crest on front of its snout and a ...

Found in southern Germany, the fossil is notable for being nearly complete and preserved in three dimensions—a rarity in ...

While there might be a pretty incredible array of creatures living on planet Earth at the moment, let's take a second to wind ...

The next time you see an interesting bug, take a photo on your smartphone ... in a new article published this month in ...

A whiff of rotting flesh, the flash of a painted eye, a dead-faint to the floor: Nature is full of cunning survival tricks, ...

We always love sharing the best photographers out there, and this time, we’ve prepared some spectacular shots that bring the ...

Spinning tall tales is as old as the mountains, and many of today's storytellers learned at the feet of their parents and ...

Fall leaves get a warm welcome from Christie Hunt. The River Forest, Illinois, resident rakes them into her flower beds, ...

If you’ve ever been in the woods this time of year and noticed a sweet fragrance but couldn’t pinpoint it, you’re not having olfactory hallucinations -- this aromatic wonder grows right here in North ...