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Three remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses 'pincer, fork and key'
By Ximena Nelson published
In this extract from "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, blood and pillbugs.
'All it takes is a predator to learn that children are easier prey': Why India's 'wolf' attacks may not be what they seem
By Patrick Pester published
Indian authorities believe wolf attacks have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and confusion grips local villages.
Mysterious sound coming from the Mariana Trench has finally been explained
By Harry Baker published
A new study has revealed the exact origin of the Pacific Ocean's mysterious "biotwang" noises, which were first detected by underwater surveys near the Mariana Trench in 2014.
How do cats squeeze through small spaces?
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Cats can squeeze through impossibly small holes, but how does their anatomy enable them to do this?
80 million-year-old sea monster jaw filled with giant globular teeth for crushing prey discovered in Texas
By Richard Pallardy published
Rare fossils of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis — a 20 foot predator with strange, mushroom-shaped teeth — unearthed in northeastern Texas.
Wolf spiders: Behavior, bites and other facts
By Jessie Szalay last updated
REFERENCE Wolf spiders are a large family of hairy and athletic arachnids that chase down prey on the ground rather than catching food in webs.
Watch mesmerizing video of weird waves that 'shape life itself' inside a fly embryo
By Hannah Osborne published
Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.
'Absolutely magical': Rare glowing duo of tree frog and parasitic ghost fungus captured in otherworldly photo
By Elise Poore published
An image of a biofluorescent frog perched on a bioluminescent mushroom is the People's Choice winner for the Beaker Street Science Photography Competition 2024.
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured
By Lydia Smith published
An angular roughshark pulled from the water near Elba, an Italian island near Tuscany.
Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts' abdomens while they're still alive.
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