Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...

The exploding ant, known scientifically as Colobopsis explodens, has one of the most extreme defense mechanisms in the animal kingdom. When threatened, certain worker ants rupture their own bodies, ...

Ants are among the most dynamic of the “little things that run the world,” as the late biologist E. O. Wilson described insects. They build complex communities, travel widely and are ubiquitous. There ...

Nigel Andrew is an editor of Austral Ecology and subject editor (Zoology) for PeerJ. He played no part in the double-blind peer-review process of the Austral Ecology research paper this article draws ...

Many caterpillars in the gossamer-winged butterfly family are “myrmecophilous,” or ant-loving. These larvae have evolved close relationships with ants, including pavement ants, in the genus ...

Certain crafty caterpillars have an unusual approach to ensuring they live long enough to become a butterfly: each convinces an ant to carry it into the ant’s nest, providing food and shelter. Now ...

Every now and then, unwanted pests — big and small — make their way into our homes, becoming a frustrating nuisance. From flies to cockroaches, these intruders can be hard to ignore. Winter weather ...