From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world built for giants.

Homeowners can support insect populations by creating pollinator habitats in their yards, even small changes like planting a tree can help.

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), a.k.a. Timberdoodle, is a migratory game bird in the shorebird family Scolopacidae.

Immature mayflies, thrips, and fleas can also produce silk as can adult silverfish, ‘raspy crickets’, and male centipedes ...

In the wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behavior—tilling the soil to create ...

Billie’s not keen on having a gecko in the house—even less so after we discover two in different rooms the next day—but ...

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.

The venom from one of the previously known spitting scorpions, the southern African Parabuthus transvaalicus, is known to cause temporary blindness in humans if the sprays hit the eyes.

You may be surprised by which of these house bugs are actually helpful and which are downright dangerous. Either way, we’ll ...