A recent report has rung alarm bells about species thriving where they don’t belong. Fish contribute to flooding; corals destroy coral. Meet the villains of our making.

In 2014, Felicity Newell joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as a doctoral student, then promptly left the country in search of a tropical spring. It's a concept she started thinking about ...

Scientists know comparatively little about the breeding seasons of tropical birds. This point is underscored by a new study that shows insect-eating birds in the tropics can postpone breeding by ...

The rare Lord Howe Island stick insect, Dryococelus australis, has been found at new locations on remote Ball's Pyramid. Once so common they were used as bait, the stick insects were wiped out on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Queensland researchers studied peptides in the bodies of these wasps. Source: Dr Sam Robinson Scientists studying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of Pseudoproscopia latirostris, a unique grasshopper species with an elongated head. Native to South America, it uses its ...

Close-up of Pseudoproscopia latirostris, a unique grasshopper species with an elongated head. Native to South America, it uses its distinctive shape as camouflage in ...

Rare giant stick insects now command market prices exceeding $1,000 for a single adult. These massive insects possess a fragile physiology that contradicts their imposing physical size. Some giant ...

An infographic showing the average declines in abundance of key terrestrial insect groups due to invasive alien species. The extent of declines varies across species and regions. Insects are often ...

Making movies can be pretty difficult, especially when it comes to crafting practical effects and wardrobes for extras. It's not uncommon for a flick to use whatever it can to get a film finished, ...