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Every villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is guilty of crimes against humanity in some form, but they aren’t all equally as despicable. Certain adversaries, such as the Scarlet Witch and Loki, ...

Scientists and citizen scientists, using trained truffle dogs, recently discovered two new truffle species in North America. Named Tuber canirevelatum and Tuber cumberlandense, these truffles offer ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating behaviors among insects and arachnids.

For the wasp spider, tip-pore sensilla were found on the ends of the legs, where they are most likely to come into contact with what the spider is walking on. Wall-pore sensilla were found in the ...

EVERY month, there are reports of Africanised bees attacking individuals, mostly those engaged in agriculture, and stinging their victims to death. Last ...

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

This past summer, a colony of bald-faced wasps took up residence right next to my garage door. Because I know how beneficial wasps are, I decided to leave it alone. Sure, we couldn’t use that ...

Acerophagus papayae is a parasitic wasp that has proved to be a successful agent against papaya mealybug in Africa. Mealybug ...

Even Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical ...

While many of these new species were found in fairly exotic places, there are new creatures waiting to be discovered even in ...

(Rice University) While many of these new species were found in fairly exotic places, there are new creatures waiting to be discovered even in North American cities. A new wasp species ...