A misidentified muscle has finally been named, revealing how penguins stabilize their legs while waddling on land and diving underwater.

A true bug trapped in amber for 100 million years has revealed a rare evolutionary trick: it had pincers. But not the folding, pocketknife-like forelegs seen in many predatory insects. The animal’s ...

An insect that looks like a mini crab, with claws on its front legs: this is what scientists have discovered in ...

New high-speed footage and microCT scans reveal how globular springtails, tiny hexapods living in leaf litter, achieve the ...

You're cooking dinner, distracted, and your hand brushes a hot pan. Nerve signals race to your spinal cord and back to yank ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of true bug that has claws. Amber from Myanmar’s Kachin region has ...

The tongue of many woodpecker species is very long , extending far beyond the beak and wrapping around the skull . This helps ...

Africa CDC, the continent's top public health body, on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.

One summer day, 8-year-old Hugo Deans spotted a cluster of tiny, BB-sized spheres (galls) near an ant nest in his backyard.

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

Learn about the study of insects, known as entomology. This article covers its branches, historical significance, and why insects are vital to the ecosystem. Entomology is a branch of zoology that is ...