Australia names a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, found high up in the tropical forest of Queensland.

This study addresses an important question and shows how social navigation in homing pigeons can be explained by simple averaging, without requiring any complex cognitive abilities. The evidence, ...

An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough ...

Small hoverflies compensate for size-related flight challenges through evolutionary changes in wing shape rather than altered wingbeat kinematics.

Our diet directly influences the clarity of our mind. A recent study sheds light on the cellular mechanisms by which high-fat ...

This video, captured in Hunan on September 7, shows a troubling nighttime scene where swarms of flying insects gathered in massive clusters, forming a dense, dark cloud under the city lights. Experts ...

JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - If you have noticed what looks like “white flakes” flying through the air recently, those are actually bugs Brady Dunaway, a Heritage Program Ecologist at the ...

It is busy time of year in the natural world – here are the most breathtaking sights in the UK, and where to see them ...

If you're in the mood for a high-flying miniature sandbox shooter with some surprising tactical depth, Cubit and Epic's Infinitesimals could do the trick.

While many beach lovers collect amber on their own, organized collection tours, like the ones offered by Kramer, sprang up in ...

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the ...

New research is shining a light on one of genetics' enduring puzzles—how the workings of the so-called "selfish gene" could ...