A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

A new study by Dr Tom M. Fayle of Queen Mary University of London, Dr Kalsum M. Yusah of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Jiri Tuma of the ...

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.

While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...

Old termite mounds help support high insect biodiversity in tropical rainforests Abandoned termite mounds are a newly discovered microhabitat for diverse insect groups in both undisturbed rainforest ...

One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above ...

In the tropical rainforests of Fiji, a genus of unusual plants has developed a remarkably simple but highly effective way to prevent ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Non-native, feral honeybees are crowding out native bee species in southern California — and it could have knock-on effects ...

The collection, titled “Call of the Wild,” was rooted in the Amazon rainforest, and first looks were a collaboration with longtime muse, Brazilian artist Thayna Caiçara. Many pieces were handcrafted ...

When insects are killed or die off, everything in the food web is affected, from the birds, bats and lizards that feed on insects to the snakes, coyotes and cougars that feed on birds and lizards, and ...

Meet the Spiny Devil Katydid, scientifically known as Panacanthus cuspidatus, one of the most fascinating and uniquely weird insects roaming our planet. Native to the dense rainforests of South ...