In research that could shed light on the growth and formation of complex tissue architectures, Brown University engineers ...

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

New Zealand has taken great strides to protect the increasingly threatened Giant Wētā, one of the heaviest insects on Earth.

When pill bugs roll into a tiny ball, the act looks far simpler than it actually is. Known as conglobation, a pill bugs’ ...

Paleontologists uncovered a startling sight within a chunk of fossilized tree resin from northern Spain: a ...

Meet the roly-poly pill bug, a backyard “bug” that is actually a crustacean cousin of shrimp and crabs living on dry land.

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Scientists discovered two rare ant-fly species in India, hiding inside ant nests. Metadon ghorpadei was found in Delhi and Metadon reemeri was found in Western Ghats, highlighting hidden biodiversity ...

From glass-like sea creatures to dragon-faced mammals, know about these 10 rare animals that look fictional but actually ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...