But New Zealand is home to an amazing version of glow worms – the Arachnocampa luminosa – and they are responsible for one of the most stunning natural spectacles in the world. The common glow worm, ...

Running into a wild animal at night can be a nerve racking experience, especially when that animal is a predator. While most ...

By about 200 meters, light fades fast, and below 1,000 meters the sea is functionally dark, forcing life to solve survival with stranger tools than most surface creatures ever need. That is why so ...

Female bees and wasps are the real defenders. Only females can sting, because stingers are modified egg-laying organs. Males do nothing in defence. Females guard nests, food, and colonies with extreme ...

"I’ve been down 3,000 feet alone in the ocean, which has got to be one of the loneliest places on the planet," Widder says.