Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps
Earth is home to some pretty gnarly carnivorous plants that will use sticky digestive juices to eat bugs and other…
Earth is home to some pretty gnarly carnivorous plants that will use sticky digestive juices to eat bugs and other…
The design theory behind a pair of tiny insect-inspired obots may one day find its way into environmental monitoring, surgery…
This month marks the fifth anniversary of “No Mow May,” an annual environmental project dedicated to promoting sustainable, eco-friendly lawns…
Up until 100 million years ago, butterflies were night creatures. Only nocturnal moths were living on Earth until some rogue…
Excerpted from The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules by Tim Blackburn. Copyright © 2023. Published by Island Press. The composition…
Reviled the world over for making our scalps itch and rapidly spreading in schools, lice have hitched their destiny to…
Imagine yourself trapped in a building’s rubble following an earthquake. It’s a terrifying prospect, especially if time is of the…
Researchers have coaxed common silkworms to spin a more durable, eco-friendlier spider silk—all it took was a few genetic modifications…
Just in time for spooky season, scientists have learned more about how a tiny parasitic flatworm called the lancet liver…