Animals can defend themselves against their natural enemies in various ways. Well-defended species often share conspicuous body colors with other well-defended or undefended species, forming mimetic ...

Assassin bugs get their terrifying name from their stealthy nature. Read here to learn more about these insects' stings.

In parts of east Africa and Asia, there is an insect with a distinctive defense mechanism: It disguises itself by covering its body in the corpses of other insects. Known by its scientific name ...

Imagine you’re wandering in the forests near Lake Victoria, in Kenya or Tanzania, when you spot something strange crawling on a leaf. It looks like a dozen or so ants, stuck together in a ball. But ...

According to Torsten Dikow, curator in the entomology department at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, assassin flies are “aggressive, visual predators that perch on vegetation and ...

Insects are all around us, but some get our attention more than others. In this week's Wild Moment, Jack Hubley shows us one that's bugging many News 8 viewers.VIDEO: Watch this week's Wild ...

The dictionary has several meanings for the word assassin. It says a worthless person, a hashish user or a murderer especially for hire. All of these are correct, but it leaves out another fact: They ...

Venom researchers from The University of Queensland have uncovered a unique and complex venom system within the tiny assassin bug. UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience's Dr. Andrew Walker said the ...