Flies are annoying but killing insects that come into your house in hot weather will leave you with a much bigger problem.

When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are ...

Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can help.

For more than a century, ant colonies have been the subject of endless research and fascination. The extent to which ants work together as a unit has led some scientists to consider them to be one ...

An invasive species of stinging ant is spreading across the U.S., having been detected in at least 20 states. Their stings ...

The last survey of this kind across Antarctica as a whole found a population drop of 9.5 percent in the decade leading up to ...

The red fire ant, native to South America and notorious both for its venom, aggression, and ability to exact agricultural damage had arrived, raising alarms. Fighting its invasion was, scientists ...

Unaware it was for a trunk, they imagined it as an eye socket. These belonged to extinct dwarf elephants, but without the science to explain them, the story morphed into the legend of the Cyclops.

The paddlefish, a species that dates back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, is making a comeback in Minnesota. A three-year survey by the state's Department of Natural Resources showed a ...

Saiga antelope — known for their distinctive large snouts — have had a turbulent existence on this planet. They once walked the Earth alongside woolly rhinos and mammoths; early humans painted them in ...

They examined the fossil within layers of rock in northeastern Brazil, helping experts understand more about how early ants appeared on the scene. Experts are calling this fossil a member of the ...