Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Typically, engineers perform surgery to implant electrodes into the insects’ antennae. The antennae contain sensors for smell ...

A close-up camera captures a metallic-green dragonfly perched on a rock, actively feeding on its prey. This moment reveals the precision and efficiency of one of nature’s most skilled insect hunters, ...

A fungus from the Ophiocordyceps genus is systematically altering insect behavior, compelling them to leave colonies and position themselves for fungal reproduction. This phenomenon, which was ...

Aside from drug commercials, I’m hard-pressed to think of anything more annoying than female mosquitoes. Before I’m mobbed by a swarm of women crying sexism, it’s worth noting that only female ...

Parasitic wasps of the genus Trichogramma are among the smallest insects in the world—yet they play an important role in ...

Scientists say the pollinators' ability to find their way back home is vital to the survival of the entire colony.

Some bugs, such as aphids, capitalize on pollution-burdened plants with lowered defenses. These insects increase with ...

Scientists at UC Riverside have found a clever new way to outsmart termites—by turning their own instincts against them.

Some large marine fish are known to seek out distinct “cleaning stations” where smaller fish and shrimp eat dead skin ...

Morning-blooming morning glories and flowers that release fragrance at night seem as if they know the time. A KAIST research team has uncovered, at the molecular level, the workings of a "biological ...