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Nature harbours a chilling arsenal of predators that don’t just kill their prey — they dissolve it. These eight grisly ...

Recent analysis assessing the impact of invasive species on several insect orders found they reduce the abundance of insects ...

On a nighttime field survey in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a researcher spotted something on the underside of a leaf that looked exactly like a fungus consuming a spider. It had the pale, elongated growths ...

Long before birds ruled the skies, the dragonfly evolved a hunting strategy so effective that it still outperforms most ...

It all began innocently enough. A friend photographed a small hive-like substance in our local nature preserve. The spongy mass was weird-looking and about the size of a marshmallow. He figured it ...

Most spiders are both predators and prey, playing an essential role in the food web (pun intended). In fact, many spiders act as a natural form of pest control, consuming small insects like mosquitoes ...

Early- and mid-season insects in cotton crops are one of many threats growers face that can significantly impact lint yield and fiber quality. Applying integrated pest management (IPM) principles ...

Step back 300 million years, to the dawn of the Permian period. Dinosaurs hadn’t even made an appearance yet, and birds were a very distant dream. But let’s be clear: the skies were far from empty.

The video documents some of the strangest insects found in the United States, focusing on species with extreme shapes and unsettling behavior. It highlights how these insects survive using camouflage, ...

(CN) — A newly described fossil from the Cambrian period is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how some of today’s arthropods first evolved. In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from ...

Seeing in slow motion doesn’t just let insects avoid being prey. It also makes them fantastic predators. It’s a big reason why the dragonfly is considered to be the most efficient predator in the ...