A study from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers fresh insights into ...

A dozen of them would fit on your fingernail. The greater Antarctic region also encompasses the Southern Ocean and islands south of the 60th parallel. In contrast to the Antarctic continent, the ...

Learn how this midge has a unique strategy for surviving what most organisms couldn’t.

As part of their ambitious goal to bring back the woolly mammoth by 2028, Colossal Biosciences has created what they've named ...

The main prey of the Asian hornet is honeybees, with one insect killing up to 50 bees a day, devastating entire colonies.

As night falls over Australia’s forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life.

In this passage from Dengue Boy, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we get an insight into life for Michel ...

As Wired reports, even scientists at the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), which operates three permanent stations on the southernmost continent, are feeling the hurt. Over a thousand people ...

Insect and spider bites can cause small lacerations, swelling, skin discoloration, blisters, and other symptoms. Home treatment may relieve symptoms but some bites may need medical attention ...

While the significance of pollination — and pollinating insects — has become common knowledge, scientists have long struggled to estimate when the phenomenon of pollination first began on Earth. A ...

However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect bites. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can spread to ...