The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...

Do you know what amphibian has the largest eggs? Read this article to find out that and more about the horned marsupial frog.

to free-living caterpillars. We aim to explore how sympatric species-rich genera of tropical trees share caterpillars from different lepidopteran guilds and identify the factors that govern the ...

An alien bird species has landed in large parts of northern Italy, putting local wildlife at risk. The African sacred ibis is an invasive species that is thought to have invaded after it escaped ...

The box tree caterpillar, which can completely defoliate plants ... Box sucker only attacks box plants. A different species of psyllid, apple sucker, attacks apple blossom, and other types of sucker ...

Venomous Lonomia caterpillar. Credit: Shutterstock, Stian Alsaker Larsen. The humble caterpillar boasts some venomous species. While many are harmless, a few carry venoms potent enough to permanently ...

According to records kept by the local Baird Ornithological Club, the great horned owl is the first bird species to nest, with many pairs on eggs by mid-January. Undoubtedly, these two owls were a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Research has identified specific biomarkers in blood samples that could help detect infants at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). By analyzing 828 ...

Sara Huston is a research assistant professor at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and president and co-founder of DNA Bridge, Durham, North ...

Scorpions and spiders, too. But caterpillars? Yes, indeed. The world turns out to be home to hundreds – perhaps thousands – of species of venomous caterpillars, and at least a few of them pack ...

A motionless horned lizard is difficult to see against bare soil. Texas horned lizards (and some other species of horned lizards) have a fascinating behavior used to detract predators. When grasped, ...