The larva lures amphibians by alternately waving its antennae and moving its jaws, moving faster and faster as its prey draws closer. The movements exploit the fact that amphibians run on simple ...

This is about the time of year to look for the box elder bug, an unusual insect with one of the most striking patterns of striping found in the area.The bug is named for its habit of feeding on ...

This won'''t kill the larva, but paralyzes it for ever. She retracts the ovipostor just a little. And then lays an egg directly on to the surface of the immobilized wood wasp larva. Her egg turns ...

The larva of Y. yuanshi comprises multiple segments that each contained a pair of tiny legs. It also had a highly developed head, a complex brain and a digestive tract. Youti yuanshi is closely ...

Confronted with a perplexing fish larva collected in the Florida Straits, Smithsonian scientists turned to DNA barcoding, which yielded an unexpected discovery—a match between the mysterious fish ...