In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

During the first week of December, I spent several days doing speaking engagements in Mexico. Although I have previously visited several Latin American nations, and even twice served as a visiting ...

AI-generated videos showing what appear to be underage girls in sexualized clothing or positions have together racked up millions of likes on TikTok, even though the platform’s rules prohibit such ...

A video on TikTok in October appeared to show a woman being interviewed by a television reporter about food stamps. The women weren’t real. The conversation never happened. Generated by A.I. The video ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

A cafe in Germany is really testing customers' limits with its menu options, many of which include insects. Grasshoppers, crickets, and mealworms are included in many dishes. Cook Martin Baumgarten ...

One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel’s pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depicts Jamaica’s ...

Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent ...