The bright contrast of yellow and black on a spider may make it look very scary, but most do more good than harm. Here's how to identify friends and foes.

In many animals, skin colors and patterns play an essential role, whether for camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In corn snakes, some lineages display red, yellow, or pink hues, ...

Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally, and they combine yellow, black, orange. blue and red in several diverse patterns that invariably catch the eye. We can marvel at them, but our ...

Using a bright yellow color similarly found in several flower heads, scientists revealed in a new study Monday that orb weaving spiders can use the colored patterns across their body to lure potential ...

Stripes are common in our lives. It’s a pretty basic pattern, and easy to take for granted. As an applied mathematician who studies how patterns form in nature, though, I am wowed by the striped ...

A couple of days ago, I glanced at some potato plants in my garden and in the corner of my eye noticed a yellow and black-striped bug crawling over the leaves. It was a four-striped plant bug.

Joro spiders are a colorful and invasive species of spiders. Learn more about the signs of Joro spiders, health risks, what to do if you have them, and more.

Sportswear maker Adidas on Wednesday reversed course 48 hours after asking the US Trademark Office to reject a Black Lives Matter application for a trademark featuring three parallel stripes.

YELLOW JACKETS: The yellow-and-black-striped insects worry picnickers most since they hang around food and sweet smells -- your aftershave or perfume, for instance -- and they're extremely ...

Sportswear maker Adidas on Wednesday reversed course 48 hours after asking the U.S. Trademark Office to reject a Black Lives Matter application for a trademark featuring three parallel stripes.

Now, as residents begin to pick up the pieces, they’re being increasingly stung by the yellow-and-black-striped wasps, prompting a need for more EpiPens and benadryl in Helene-ravaged towns.

Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally, and they combine yellow, black, orange, blue and red in several diverse patterns that invariably catch the eye.