Some animals earn their safety by cleaning parasites off sharks. Others recruit whole ant armies to fight their battles.

Nature is full of incredible survival strategies, and mimicry is one of the most fascinating. From butterflies that resemble ...

Not every yellow-and-black insect is a wasp. Many harmless species have evolved to mimic the appearance of stinging wasps as ...

“Plant a milkweed, save a monarch” is a familiar rallying cry among nature enthusiasts working to conserve this iconic ...

The red velvet ant earned its nickname by supposedly killing cows with a single sting, yet its venom contains none of the ...

Some animals survive not by being the strongest or the fastest, but by convincing every predator and prey around them that ...

Earwigs are seemingly everywhere in the Gem State during the summer. Despite their name and long pincers, they’re not scary — ...

Discover the pink winged stick insect, Madagascar’s master of camouflage, its behavior, and endangered status.

The ancient advantages of an insect whose ancestors predated the dinosaurs are inspiring advances in sensor and flight ...

Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side. They’re predatory insects that protect your plants by ...

A handful of tiny fossil jaws fill a missing chapter in the evolutionary history of Australia’s most successful marsupial ...

Arizona, known for its breathtaking landscapes and Sonoran Desert, also shelters a cast of elusive nocturnal predators. As dusk falls and temperatures drop, an intriguing world of night dwellers ...