An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

Tiny microrobots are learning to fly with insect-like speed and control, thanks to new AI-driven technology developed at MIT.

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when ...

An international team discovered new types of butterflies that lay hidden in plain sight at the Natural History Museum.

A long-established art installation in Seattle has shown that solar can be visually appealing for over a decade.

A caterpillar-looking bug hangs out on a stem, minding its own business. Suddenly, forceps emerge, moving towards the ...

Scientists discovered that crickets that were fed microplastics grew in size by a staggering 25 times over a seven-week ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Chris ...