An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

The elf owl, the smallest owl in the world, inhabits the deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico. Measuring 12-14 cm and ...

Michigan urges the public to report and squash the invasive spotted lanternfly, which threatens crops and outdoor areas.

The authors emphasise the importance of recognising and appreciating these six- and eight-legged creatures that coexist with ...

New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...

In the animal kingdom, scarlet velvet ants are known to deliver some of the most excruciatingly painful stings. These insects ...

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Wizzie Brown, our go-to insect expert, said that for any insect ... “How I always find out if something is a syrphid fly, other than if it looks like a beer or a wasp and only has two wings, if it’s ...

Recent observations have shaken up this old concept, as a surprising twist has come from an unlikely source: oak galls produced by certain wasps. Eight-year-old Hugo noticed something puzzling one ...

Velvet ants are in fact a family of wingless wasps with more than 7000 species. The researcher Justin Schmidt, who invented the Schmidt sting pain index, described their sting as “explosive and ...