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A study from the University of Colorado Denver has found that more frequent and intense wildfires and rising temperatures are ...

The matador bug’s flashy leg-waving isn’t a mating ritual but a predator deterrent, revealing a surprising defense strategy shared by multiple insect species and hinting at broader evolutionary ...

Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do. However, this ...

How hard can that be?” That’s what I thought when the Student Conservation Interns and I were asked to join a researcher who was hoping to catch a particular species ...

Humans are animal chauvinists: we like our insects pretty. As fall arrives, the monarch butterfly and praying mantids may ...

If you have been reading this column for a while, you probably know that those falling leaves collecting on your lawn and ...

A town in southeastern Colorado hosts a yearly tarantula festival, attracting both tourists and scientists studying tarantula ...

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

If you've noticed an increase in hornets around your yard, here's why they're more aggressive in the fall and what to do to ...

While many circumstances factor into the calculation, researchers found in a new study that local predators, not appearance ...

JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - If you have noticed what looks like “white flakes” flying through the air recently, those ...