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When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to ...

As their name suggests, carrion beetles eat dead animals. These insects also lay their eggs on the deceased animals so their larvae can eat the meat when developing. But they aren't the only bugs ...

She had been on a conference call all afternoon, where they were discussing a new insect that they had just identified in the Detroit area. They called it emerald ash borer (EAB). My friend said ...

At first glance, you might mistake this for a snapshot of the Grand Canyon, but it's a close-up of a microscopic crack in ...

Whether taken out by aliens, animals, or their own hubris ... In the comic, a ring of happy insects dance in a circle holding hands, like something out of an early Disney cartoon (indeed, Larson ...

"It's very gratifying to know that one of the world's most critically endangered animals is doing well and breeding within the safety of the fenced area," Howe said in a statement. Based on the ...