The first signs of a black widow spider bite are usually a pinprick sensation, minor swelling, redness and a target-shaped sore, Medline Plus explains. Within 15 minutes to an hour of getting the bite ...

Insects in my food? Say what?! You eat an average of one to two pounds of flies, maggots, and other bugs each year without even knowing it, according to the Scientific American blog. But don’t ...

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth Vader inspired its name.

More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been revealed ...

Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.

What has 14 legs, lives at the bottom of the sea, and looks like Darth Vader? It's a newly discovered species of supergiant ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect, rediscovered after a century, is reviving thanks to the conservation and elimination of ...

Check out these surprising foods that your bearded dragon will love! When it comes to bearded dragon care, offering them ...

They come in all shapes and sizes and colors. There are beetles we love to see, like lady bugs, and those we hate, like the cucumber beetle. Of all the beetles in the world the Hercules beetle is ...

Cockroaches are notorious pests that no sane person wants in their home. The reviled insects carry pathogens, eat human and pet food, and contaminate surfaces, but you don't always have to call a ...