The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Every time an inventory of insects and other arthropods is conducted in New Mexico, new species are discovered. The state, home to thousands of native pollinator species, is a “biodiversity hot spot” ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Now, scientists are finally learning how they live.

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the worlds described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is the greatest threat to the survival of various endemic Hawaiian arthropods, including insects and ... opening up new pathways of introduction of IAS. For ...

The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is solid. These findings highlight the ecological significance ...

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of ...