An Insect With Zero Defenses Just Pulled Off One of Nature's Most Brilliant Survival Tricks ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island may be cryptic, or visually indistinguishable from related species, ...

Phytophagous insects engage in diverse and dynamic relationships with their host plants, ranging from direct tissue consumption to intricate manipulations of plant physiology. These herbivores ...

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What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...

Researchers have discovered that insects' sense of smell evolved from ancient taste genes, rewriting evolutionary history.

Exposure to the natural environment is increasingly important at a time when children are spending more time on digital ...

The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Books will present a free author talk with Margie Patlak about her new work, ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example is mimicry, where one species (the mimic) has evolved to resemble another ...

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