Arati Ningombam, Aruna Beemrote, Ajitkumar Ningthoujam and S Khogen Singh‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson, a book published ...

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Wasps and mantises are both formidable foes in the animal kingdom. But when it comes to attacking one another, only one ...

After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.

The scientific name of the banyan tree is Ficus benghalensis. Learn the banyan tree botanical name, its family (Moraceae), ...

In urban environments, competing hornet species coexist by specializing on different prey species. This finding was made ...

Few creatures deliver a sting quite like the tarantula hawk wasp – known as one of the most excruciatingly painful stings in the natural world. In this episode, we dive into the biology and behavior ...

Critters consuming species that harbor deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way. Scientists are starting to unravel how these protections work on the molecular ...

Neanderthals, our extinct cousins, are often portrayed as eating nothing but meat — no fruit, no grains, no greens. But did Neanderthals really live on meat alone? While there's plenty of evidence ...

One of the earliest known fossil animals, Dickinsonia lived on the sea floor over a half billion years ago. Based on traces of a biochemical marker, coprostanol, UC Davis paleobiologists propose that ...