This video highlights insects with behaviors and traits that stand out even among specialists. Each example challenges common assumptions about how insects function. The footage focuses on adaptation ...

Recent work on the frog-like leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus has drawn fresh scientific interest to the role of small insects in rainforest ecosystems. These tiny hop-ready species, found ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Deep in the Waiʻanae mountains of Oʻahu lives one of the strangest creatures ever discovered. And it’s not what you’d expect. It’s a caterpillar. But it doesn’t eat leaves. It doesn ...

We share our planet with some weird animals, from goblin sharks to immortal jellyfish and amphibians that can regrow their ...

Cockroaches tend to unsettle people for obvious reasons, though their biology is often stranger than their appearance. One ...