Treehoppers, small plant-eating insects from the Membracidae family, are gaining interest among scientists due to their unique vocalisations and extremely weird-looking bodies. The insects live in ...

A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, ...

Hydnora is one of the strangest flowering plants ever discovered, a subterranean parasite that survives entirely by draining nutrients from the roots of other plants . It spends most of its life ...

Nature has developed some truly bizarre ways for animals to see the world around them. Some creatures have strangely shaped ...

Some are so tiny that they are barely visible in normal light.

A tiny ant-hunting spider attacks prey much larger than itself. This hunter lives by preying on most spiders avoid. At first glance, you wouldn’t think it could pick up anything. Then the spider jumps ...

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Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

Sega and Creative Assembly finally shared a brief teaser for their long-awaited sequel to Alien: Isolation to celebrate Alien Day 2026. The teaser, which you can watch below, is titled "False Sense of ...

Similar to sunburns, dehydration and rashes from poison ivy, bites from mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are a drawback of being outside when it’s warm. Not to mention, they can carry illnesses ...

Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like it just stepped off a spaceship. Nature’s imagination truly knows no bounds, and our planet is home to animals so bizarre, so otherworldly, that it’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of ...