Peptides are the essential building blocks of proteins like collagen, elastin, and keratin. Scientists had previously been aware of bradykinin in wasps, but they assumed it had the same evolutionary ...

Some insects look more like aliens than they do insects. One example is a grasshopper that is able to survive by not looking ...

Archerfish flout the unspoken laws of nature, where fish hunt in water, and everything else hunts… well, everywhere else!

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These 20 animals are so strange they look like science fiction creations, but they’re completely real. Nature is far more bizarre than you think.

Nocturnal insects may use both the Earth’s magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviours, according to recent findings.

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In the sixth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, “Come, Let’s Away,” the cadets on board the Athena meet a new alien adversary, one that comes across as truly terrifying. While out on a deep ...

This week, the Outside Story highlights golden-crowned kinglets, a small songbird that sings through the winter.