A small act of kindness is captured as someone carefully gives water to a praying mantis.

Nick Land believes that digital superintelligence is going to kill us all. In San Francisco, his followers ask: What if, ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

The definition of small but mighty, mantis shrimps can throw punches up to 50mph — enough to break through their glass tanks. Police in Japan rarely ever resort to violence, as they choose to ...

The Glyptapanteles wasp, also widely known as the voodoo wasp, impregnates a caterpillar with about 80 eggs at a time. Once the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae feed on the caterpillar’s body fluids, which ...

A neutron star’s teaspoon of material would weigh billions of tons. Venus rotates backwards compared to most planets. Space smells like seared steak, according to astronauts. There are more trees on ...

Twelve strange animals reveal evolution’s rule: survival is a tradeoff and unusual design wins only in the habitat that fits ...

Ben Lazarus filmed the moment his lifelong-vegetarian friend Ziggy Murphy tried meat for the first time after a birthday bet ...

In the realm of entomology, few creatures command as much fascination as the mantis. Throughout history, these striking insects have been deeply woven into local myths and legends, sometimes respected ...

What’s the cleverest way to avoid being noticed by a predator in a forest? Make yourself look like a dead leaf, of course!

Even before the internet, overindulgence was something of a spectator sport for those who reveled in gastronomic glory ...

Aspergillus fungus thrives because its genome bends easily to new pressures. It lives on soil, grains, animal feathers, even ...