While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

Through genome analysis, the scientists uncovered surprising insights into yerba mate’s evolutionary history – particularly ...

In the animal kingdom, seduction is often the business of males, who display various attributes to attract females. However, in dancer flies, the opposite is true. Females inflate their abdomens with ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study by ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...

Get one insider’s take on the new pests growers face, and some of the new management options available to them.

Recent studies reveal bees' proclivity to organize numbers from left to right, similar to humans. This phenomenon, known as ...

One study, conducted by a team in Europe, showed that bees prefer to order lower numbers on the left and higher numbers on ...

Chemical resistance is another area where human influence is clear. The widespread use of pesticides and antibiotics has ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Treating a bug bite or sting will usually relieve symptoms of pain, itching, swelling, and minor irritation. The first step is to better understand the type of insects common to North America and what ...