Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

In the insect world, impostors could be hiding anywhere. When lifting a stone during an expedition in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, researchers came across an unusual sight: three blowfly ...

Not all barnacles just sit on rocks and ships. Some invade crabs, growing like a parasitic root system that hijacks their bodies. A mysterious group called y-larvae has baffled scientists for over a ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully cryopreserved sea star larvae and reactivated them – an important milestone that could help re-establish a critically endangered keystone species.

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...