Scientific American

Earth is home to 20 million insect species—three times more than we thought

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Fantasia’s 30th Edition Will Open with Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ — Final Lineup

Fantasia 2026 adds Nicolas Winding Refn, Takashi Shimizu, Freaks Part II, Buddy, Colony, and more. Read the full festival ...

The 5 types of aliens people most frequently say they see

From the Greys to the Nordics, these aliens appear frequently across abduction stories and science fiction tales.
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here’s How the Cells Don’t Become a Tangled Mess

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...
Discover Wildlife on MSN

It might look like an insect, but this is no insect - it's flower hell-bent on deceiving males

Have you noticed some flowers look like insects? It's all to do with sexual deception says Phil Gates ...
Discover Wildlife on MSN

18 ridiculous animal body parts that don’t make any sense (until you learn why...)

Discover the origin and purpose of the structures of living things, from why baboons have swollen bottoms to the ...