The spiny leaf insect mother not only abandons her eggs, she's also figured out how to trick someone else into protecting and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Praying mantis nymphs were photographed surrounding a magnet attached to a wall. Source: Kaya Rubin The discovery of insects ...

Orchid Mantises in Southeast Asia attract more pollinators than real orchids. Camouflaged Loopers in North America use flower petals as camouflage. Pink Katydids use their color to blend with pink ...

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving, and it has actually ...

Anyone who dismisses ants as just another pesky insect is missing some of nature's most jaw-dropping displays, including acts of disguise, architectural genius and female domination. And that's just ...

While it might seem like an all-or-nothing process, insect metamorphosis likely emerged through gradual evolutionary changes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...

Few creatures in nature can camouflage themselves as convincingly as a group of insects known as “walking leaves.” Using specimens from museum and private collections, researchers have identified ...