Giant ants? Bruce Museum displays 5-foot ant model as part of new science exhibit

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

8 most unusual and weirdest moths you’ll ever see on Earth

Discover the world's strangest moths. From the fluffy Venezuelan Poodle Moth to the giant Atlas Moth, these insects display ...

Costume contest: Vote for the best disguises in the animal kingdom

The fang blenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) mimics the appearance and dance of a cleaner wrasse, which tends to be tolerated ...

Giant ground sloths' fossilized teeth reveal their unique role in the prehistoric ecosystem

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...
Mirage News

Fossil Teeth Unlock Giant Ground Sloths' Ecosystem Role

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths - commonly featured on children's ...
Phys.org

Leaf miners identified as oldest insect plague in the history of Earth

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...
Reuters

New giant stick insect species is Australia's heaviest, scientists say

SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the ...
CNN

Meet the new species of giant stick insect that weighs about the same as a golf ball

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country ...