The mosquito of greatest concern is widespread in Australia and closely associated with suburban areas. Commonly known as the Australian backyard mosquito, Aedes notoscriptus is a nuisance-biting pest ...

Existentialism is a philosophical theory and a literary perspective. Its central proposition is that the world has no a ...

Scientists have found a way to convert discarded shrimp shells into dense, plastic-like films and objects, a development that could redirect tons of seafood industry waste into a viable substitute for ...

The entomology displays make you realize that insects are actually stunning creatures, even if you still don’t want them crawling on you at a picnic. Paxton Gate also features an excellent selection ...

If you’ve ever wondered what heaven looks like for someone who loves bugs, The Insect Asylum in Chicago is probably it. This peculiar little museum in Logan Square celebrates the six-legged, the ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a new type of planet beyond our solar system—one that stores large amounts of sulfur deep within a permanent ocean of magma. The findings have ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

A number of cases of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have now been detected on the New South Wales south coast.Author Cameron Webb Clinical Associate ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern ...