Metamorphosis leads to a wide range of evolutionary outcomes. The dramatic transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly ...

When the larvae of the primitive social insect, a type of paper wasp, slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (future queen). Now, researchers are shedding ...

Beetle parasites clinging to a primitive bee 100 million years ago may have caused the flight error that, while deadly for the insect, is a boon for science today ...

In the dark abyss of the world's deepest known cave lurks a newfound species of primitive eyeless insect, one that researchers are calling the deepest land animal ever found. Subscribe to read this ...

Millions of years ago, bees evolved from meat-munching wasps, but little is known about their transition from carnivorous insect to flower-seeking pollen-eater. A newly discovered fossilized bee, ...

UNDER this title Mr. H. Womersley, entomologist at the South Australian Museum, in Adelaide, contributes a useful handbook (dated 1939) on the lower insects, or Apterygota, of the country named.

Growing a primitive garden presents various challenges, including physically demanding preparation and ongoing battles with wildlife such as rabbits, rats, insects, and deer. These animals can quickly ...