But "only a tiny fraction of insects spread disease or compete with us for our crops," he writes. Klein notes the role that ...

Insects such as the praying mantis can lay eggs in Christmas trees. When brought indoors and warmed, the eggs can hatch, ...

The Japanese mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla oratoria) has been detected for the first time in the Bay of Plenty region. A single ...

"PSA: If you happen to see a walnut-sized/shaped egg mass, on your Christmas tree, don’t fret, clip the branch and put it in ...

From a Taylor Swift-inspired millipede to the wasp discovered in Brad Pitt’s name — see the stars who have become popular ...

From black-and-white vision to ultraviolet detection, discover how animals perceive colors and use them in surprising ways.

The species were first reported in New Zealand in Kaipara Harbour, Northland, in 2010. The closest known location to the Bay ...

With central themes of speciesism and the human-animal relationship, this compilation of essays, short stories and comics ...

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The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing many giraffe species as either endangered or threatened. It’s the first time the long-necked mammals, native to Africa, would receive federal ...

They look like a cross between the secret lovechild of a praying mantis — from where they derive the mantid part of their name — and a lobster, and the front of the former seems to have been grafted ...