While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

Such features can produce extraordinarily vivid colors—such as the famous blue of the morpho butterflies—or, as in the case of these beetles, give objects glossy surfaces. The purpose of these visual ...

If you were to slice into one of those logs, you’d see a lovely blue stain seeping through the yellow wood. It’s a telltale sign of a tree that was killed by mountain pine beetles, and it has ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...