When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago ...

In a rainforest, small animals survive by hiding. By blending in with their environment until danger passes, many unique ...

City spiders are growing bigger. Studies show urban spiders are larger and more fertile. This is linked to warmer city temperatures and abundant food sources near lights. These changes demonstrate how ...

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W hen Justin Schmidt was just seven years old, he had a run in with a bee that would send him down a curious path. The offending insect was a honeybee that – annoyed it had been plucked it from a ...

It’s highly likely that humans have pheromones, and there is another clue, which is that our smells – the smells we give off as we grow up and go through puberty – change. As children, we don't smell ...

These small pond insects glide effortlessly thanks to hydrophobic leg hairs that repel water. Middle legs row like tiny oars while rear legs steer, spreading their light body weight over the surface.