Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have discovered ...

A 58-year-old woman in Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose the longest, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mature larvae of the buff-leaf hawkmoth react when touched. A caterpillar-looking bug hangs out on a stem, minding its own ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

The 58-year-old woman was working in a field near grazing sheep when sheep bot flies swarmed her face ...

Scientists have observed ants feasting on a nutrient-rich substance released by other ants. Pupae, ants in the last stage of ant metamorphosis before they become adults, secrete the liquid. Both adult ...

How complex ant societies emerged among ants’ solitary ancestors remains one of the big mysteries of social insect biology. Ants are eusocial, meaning that they have overlapping generations, ...

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects. There are also many beautiful moths. They have three main body regions ...

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