Who’s eyes wouldn’t light up over these cute lightning bugs?

This genetic deep dive yielded a major scientific breakthrough: it resolved a long-standing confusion regarding the entire genus. While Heinrichiellus was previously thought to belong to the tribe of ...

Purple martins spread joy as they return to their nest boxes in spring. But can we ward off an avian housing crisis?

These creatures of the night are frequently accused of sucking blood, spreading rabies, and generally giving people the ...

This breakthrough connects insect vision to human biology and could advance optogenetics, enabling new treatments using light to target cells deep within the body.

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

Do dragonflies see like humans? Researchers discovered dragonflies use a red-sensing opsin identical to mammals. This study ...

Dragonflies have evolved special light-sensing proteins that let them see deeper red light than most animals. Researchers ...

Researchers have found that a plant with white flowers and a dark black nectar is pollinated mainly by hawkmoths.

Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study ...

Rocking spidery legs and surrounded by stinky mud and hordes of insects ready to take a bite, the red mangrove was a hard ...

David Thompson Signs of spring were evident well before March 20 when spring officially started. One sign that wasn’t visible was the unmistakable smell of a striped skunk whose mating season was ...