Why does that bee look strange? Well, because it might not be a bee! Learn about bee flies, the mimics you didn't know were in your garden.

EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2024, 21:00 CET (20:00 LONDON TIME, 15:00 U.S. EASTERN TIME) Have you ever seen a hummingbird hawk moth? When people encounter this moth for the first time, they are ...

Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) on flower, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Xanthopan morganii praedicta, Madagascan sphinx moth. While Darwin predicted that the orchid ...

Any curious kids who have caught a butterfly by hand, only to find their fingers coated in messy powder, have unknowingly brushed off the fluttering insect’s scales. These microscopic plates cover ...

The feeding apparatus of butterflies and moths has drawn considerable attention owing to its specialised morphology and its critical role in ecological interactions. The proboscis is a highly derived, ...

A video shared in late December 2023 authentically showed a ribbon worm, "spitting a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." The earliest instance of the video being shared we found was a ...