Half a billion years ago, a strange sea-dwelling creature called Mollisonia symmetrica may have paved the way for modern ...

The theory is butterflies developed this ability to encourage pesky predators into taking a chomp at the wings rather than ...

University of Arizona researchers reviewed an "exquisitely preserved" fossil of Mollisonia symmetrica that supports the idea ...

Only those with sharp eyesight will be able to spot the moth hiding on the tree bark in less than 10 seconds – as the insects ...

Even though Rhode Island is the smallest state in the country, it has a lot of different habitats, from woods to wetlands, to ...

From a predator’s perspective, these features create an illusion of a second head at the rear of the butterfly. If the attack ...

Brittney Griner was among the many in the sports world to react to the death of legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne, ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and ...

It suggests that such complex appendages already evolved among reptiles before the origin of birds and their closest ...

One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away ...

Fireflies are nature's flash mob — appearing briefly to dazzle and glow before dying. That makes the charismatic creatures, ...