A new species of giant stick insect has been discovered living in the misty rainforests of Queensland, Australia.

All of them, including the social wasps, are important if somewhat incidental pollinators. One of the most distinctive and ...

Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of the skills of ...

The club-winged manakin is a rare bird that creates music using its wings, not its voice, producing unique sounds to attract ...

Net-winged beetles synthesize their molecular defense, a novel acetylenic acid named lycidic acid, for the family Lycidae. Lycidic acid is spilled from fractures in the elytral ridges, but beetles can ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

The 'winged' helix-turn-helix proteins include a core of three helices, a small β-sheet on one side of the core, and at least one extended flexible loop or 'wing'.