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Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking exclusively in spider webs and disguising itself in the corpses of its prey.
Releases of sterile male mosquitoes in L.A. County drove down the pest population, studies found. But homeowners would need ...
RoboBee now lands safely, thanks to insect-inspired legs and a smarter controller designed by Harvard engineers.
A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The odd insect is only ...
Periodical 17-year cicadas in Brood XIV—one of 15 broods found only in North America—begin to creep from their underground ...
Denver is expected to see 1.34 inches of rain between noon Monday and 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to NWS forecasters.
As spring warms the eastern U.S. and green shoots peek from the ground, other forms of life stir in the soil. Periodical ...
While early predictions have warned of a potential surge in mosquito numbers this summer, some are sounding the alarm on a different bloodsucker – ticks are back in business in parts of Minnesota.
You'd expect a desert rodent to be slow, but jerboas hop like kangaroos. Some can leap up to 3 metres, like jumping over a ...
In ‘Golden Secret,’ Tamaki, Hinawa, and others struggle against Gold, whose magnetism-based power neutralizes their metal ...
Scientists investigate the global insect “apocalypse ... And so they have these specialized mouth parts to feed on these different parts of the plant tissue. This bug is gorgeous.
A camera smaller than a fingernail can now see what most high-speed cameras miss. Inspired by the eyes of insects, scientists ...