Moths Elude Spiders By Mimicing Them, Study Says
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Some species of metalmark moths are able to convince most jumping spiders that they're territorial rivals instead of helpless prey. (with videos)
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As mass-produced artificial spider silk looks more and more feasible, scientists speculate on possible applications: body armor, sutures, and more.
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Female promiscuity in butterflies has been found to rise as bacteria kill off male partners.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense   nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using   whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid   obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A group of scientists have proposed that an âunnamedâ population of the wide-ranging North American butterfly genus Lycaeides is a hybrid species.
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The hefty arachnids create silken tethers from their feet when they walk, new research shows, making them the only species to use silk for locomotion.
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An invasion of Asian ladybirds that could wipe out the native species has been going on for months, researchers said yesterday.
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Midwestern spiders always get big as they prepare to lay eggs, but this year they're even fatter thanks to a cool, wet summer that sustained their favorite snack - insects.    "Right now they're eating like kings," said Field Museum entomologist Petra Sierwald...
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Honeybees can smother their enemies to death by swarming them, European researchers reported on Monday.
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People tend to chose friends who look like them, research suggests.
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Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers &#151; and someday, even limbs &#151; with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.
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Spiders, cockroaches and other creepy crawlies scare the British more than the threat of a terrorist attack, according to an opinion poll released by a leading Hollywood studio.
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By GENARO C. ARMAS  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring - just the kind of weather that can make the insects thrive.
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A 53-million-year-old spider is revealed in exquisite detail by scientists from the UK and Belgium.
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Moth antennae have gyroscope-like sensors to help them control their flight, scientists say.
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New insect repellents may work by stopping pesky mosquitoes and flies from sniffing out their prey, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Cyprian honeybees don&#39;t smother their enemies with kindness&mdash;they just smother them to death, research now reveals.  This novel strategy has never been seen before in insects, &quot;and probably in all animal species,&quot; apidologist Gerard Arnold at the National Center of Scientific Research in France, told LiveScience.  Cyprian honeybees (Apis mellifera cypria) do possess stingers to defend themselves. However, their archenemy, the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis), is protected from such attacks by their hard body armor. ...