On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ...

Molts are the old exoskeletons of insects, including cicadas. An exoskeleton, in case you’re not familiar with the term, is a hard outer covering that helps support and protect the bug.

Fascinating footage shows the moment a shrimp sheds its exoskeleton in a process called molting. The video was taken by an unknown spectator who captured the rare process in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Getting rid of their old winter coats and dreaming of a beach body, two African penguins on the shores of Camden’s Adventure Aquarium are going through their annual molt. Twenty-seven-year-old Cliff ...

At MSU's Bost Extension Center, a cicada rests after molting its exoskeleton. The insect prepares to join the campus chorus signaling that summer's end is near.

Cicada molts its exoskeleton after emerging from the ground Once off the ground, cicadas shed their skins to try and survive being eaten before moving onto the mating phase to create the next ...

Getting rid of their old winter coats and dreaming of a beach body, two African penguins on the shores of Camden’s Adventure Aquarium, are going through their annual molt.

Goldfinch molts in tune with spring. Sue Pike. In my continuing watch for more signs of spring, I see the daffodils and rhubarb are up, my neighbor's crocuses and snowdrops are blooming, ...

4. Nymphs will molt approximately every two weeks; the time between molts gradually increases as the mantids get closer to adulthood. During molting, a mantis hangs upside down, sometimes shaking ...

Invasive green crabs began showing up along the Washington coast 20 years ago, and now they’re showing up here in Puget Sound. Researchers say there's still time to stop the spread.