Around half a billion years ago, in what is now the Yunnan Province of China, a tiny larva was trapped in mud. Hundreds of millions of years later, after the mud had long since become the black shales ...

The community organization Alas Mayas (Mayan Wings) has detected a new migratory route for the monarch butterfly that crosses ...

The oi oi oi meme is a bit of absurdist humor combining misinterpreted song lyrics from an obscure Japanese band with a character from a bizarre South Korean animated series. Internet users can find ...

The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree trunk, she deposits a single egg on to the surface of an ...

Mosquitos are the bane of many people’s existence, especially since their bites aren’t just annoyingly itchy; they can also spread potentially deadly parasitic diseases. Even the larvae of certain ...