How did insect wings originate? This is a question that represents an unsolved mystery of insect evolution. Despite many years of research, it is still not entirely clear from which body structure ...

If you’ve ever noticed the buzz, chirps and rustles intensifying around your campsite at dusk, you’re onto something. But the real story behind insect activity is more nuanced than you might think.

Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...