Around the world, food traditions that seem odd at first often reveal practical reasons once you understand where they come ...

The moment a worker green tree ant bites the structure, that stored energy is unleashed, hurling the ant upward into the ...

Deep within the Butterfly Botanical Area in Plumas National Forest, thousands of rare California pitcher plants grow in a ...

The aye-aye looks like something assembled from a nightmare, yet every unsettling feature it possesses serves a brilliant purpose. This Madagascar lemur has pushed the boundaries of primate evolution ...

From dolphins being overhyped as smart to talking birds and fire ants invading homes, these animal gripes will make you laugh ...

A single mother of three living in a cramped, mould-infested house in Dublin 8 has been denied medical priority twice from Dublin City Council, despite doctors urging the authority to relocate the ...

Mesoamerican cultures spanned the the areas of Mexico and Central America for centuries. These had distinctive food cultures ...

Insect ecological communities are one of the most complicated systems in nature, with various species interacting and intertwined with each other. These communities diversity patterns and the driving ...

Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested over several ...

Today's NYT Midi Crossword is live, and Thursday's grid builds a clever mini-narrative around a bug-eating plant and the insect that got away. At 9x11 with 42 clues, it lands on the trickier side of ...

If these suckers always seem to make a beeline for your flesh, you’ll want to read this before heading outdoors this summer.

Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous ...