Imagine you’re wandering in the forests near Lake Victoria, in Kenya or Tanzania, when you spot something strange crawling on a leaf. It looks like a dozen or so ants, stuck together in a ball. But ...

Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. This praying mantis from Malaysia ...

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The fossil of Aphelicophontes danjuddi, a new genus and species of assassin bug, accompanied by the fossil of a small beetle Palaeontological Association The fossil record is a lot more than just ...

The mantis isn’t just a bug – it’s one of nature’s most precise and ruthless predators. In this video, we take a close look ...

There’s an assassin on the loose in Australia — but not the kind you might be thinking. As detailed in a recent study published in the journal Biology Letters, scientists have discovered a new type of ...

The Assassin Bug was the first bug to send me to the HOSPITAL! Join me as I recount my expedition into the wilderness of Borneo to face the notorious assassin bug! With its striking colors and potent ...

The dictionary has several meanings for the word assassin. It says a worthless person, a hashish user or a murderer especially for hire. All of these are correct, but it leaves out another fact: They ...