An unexpected discovery in the caves of Ireland has shed light on a new species of fungus, named in honor of Sir David ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small ... and tactile sensors in their antennae that identify food and building materials.

A new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, was discovered on spiders in Irish caves. It changes their behavior, similar to ...

InsectNet -- which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists -- provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at ...

Scientists identified a new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, infecting cave spiders in Ireland. The fungus manipulates ...

A new fungal species found in Northern Ireland targets orb-weaving spiders, altering their behavior and creating a “zombie” ...

1.A subsun is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is reflected through ice crystals into a brilliant bright spot. Here's one that was spotted in Austria a few days ago. They are ...

It is the northernmost fire ant outbreak in Queensland since the world's worst invasive species was discovered ... "[We will] try and identify where that's come from and if there's any further ...

“Kind of like a multitool for farmers.” With an estimated 20 quadrillion ants on Earth at any given time, the bugs are found just about everywhere on the planet. They are also among the species that ...

Now an international team of scientists has confirmed this. The research, published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, identified the three species by analysing specimens from the Australian Museum and the ...

Insects like ants heal their fellow species, and they even perform surgeries. Biologist Erik Frank is researching their methods. He believes that humans can also benefit from them.

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...