A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

Discover the goliath stick insect, one of the largest insects on Earth. Learn about what makes them true forest giants.

The discovery offers new insight into how fossils are preserved and how Earth naturally stores carbon over long periods of ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons ...

Teratophiliacs were once a niche group that bonded over their sexual attraction to monsters in obscure forums. Now—as online communities proliferate and genres like romantasy grow—monster porn is ...

The conversion of biomass waste into functional carbon materials has become an important strategy for sustainable environmental technologies. In a recent study published in Journal of Bioresources and ...

Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking a block of salt? Your dog’s slobbery tongue lolling out the side of its mouth on a hot ...

How insects are reshaping nutrition science by combining high-quality nutrients with environmental efficiency and what the evidence really shows so far.

Yanka Kupala Grodno State University scientists have developed a new eco-friendly method for producing chitosan, which is used as a ...

Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges what we think arthropods can achieve.

What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species, marking the first record of its family in Brazil. The ...