A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your ...

Why insect protein is the future of sustainable food—blending nutrition, low emissions, and food tech into tomorrow’s meals.

For decades, the Fleurieu Peninsula’s swamps were routinely drained. But as the region battles the driest conditions on ...

Swathes of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia are in the grip of drought as they experience some of the lowest rainfall totals on record.

Think birds can’t have spikes? Think again. Explore the world of spiky animals, from crowned cranes to hedgehogs and venomous ...

Australia's native ants do an incredible amount of environmental and agricultural heavy lifting. Here are 10 of our mighty ...

Strangely, sun spiders are known to kill, but not eat, ants. They dispatch the ants quickly, leaving piles of ant bodies ...

Aussies are being warned to keep an eye out for an invasive ant species as more than a dozen nests have reportedly been ...

Do we have the right to turn insects into cyborgs that we can control to do our bidding, including our military bidding, if they feel pain or have preferences or anxieties? Making a cyborg animals can ...

Many of the planet’s most consequential ecological changes don’t come with viral footage or easy villains. They unfold ...

The tiny crickets collect and wear the chemical markers of the ants, reducing ant aggression and disguising them as a member of the group.

Photo by Aleksandrs Balodis A unique species of cricket found only in northern Europe tricks ants into letting them into their nests to live among them, where they then feed on ant eggs and steal ...