After 11 days of using just his hands to dig through the muck and rubble of the twin earthquakes that devastated his public ...

If someone is trapped under the flooded, muddy rubble of an earthquake zone, the ...

Zoraptera, also known as angel insects or ground lice, are tiny termite-like insects generally found underneath bark or in ...

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target ...

The 3D-printed diving suit allowed cockroaches with electrodes attached to them to survive underwater for up to three hours.

Eggs aren't just a super-food — the cartons they arrive in can be super-useful for DIYs, especially if you've got the right ...

Thanks to tiny new trackers and Bluetooth, scientists—and you—can now follow the epic journeys of individual butterflies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on April 23 that visits to emergency rooms for tick bites are higher than normal in many parts of the country. The CDC’s Tick Bite Tracker ...

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They are closely related to insects. Both are arthropods, and that means that they have certain characteristics. A main one is that they have an exoskeleton or their bones on the outside of their body ...

Swissto12 deepens relationship with Germany aerospace with new deal. Credit: Swissto12 Swissto12 is to add an unfurling antenna reflector to a planned geostationary satellite designed to broadcast ...

Cockchafers, along with stag beetles, dung beetles, dor beetles and scarabs, have the last three to seven segments of their antennae expanded into flat, plate-like leaves, which sit in a distinctive ...