The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously ...

Fall webworms spin webs on branch tips but usually don’t kill healthy trees; learn how to recognize them, when they threaten ...

Spotting a spider web stretching from one side to the other seems impossible, yet this is exactly what Darwin's bark spider ...

Quick Take What Are Wrap-Around Spiders? How Do Wrap-Around Spiders Camouflage Th... Imagine grabbing hold of a branch only to discover that it’s not just a branch—it’s a spider wrapped around a ...

In "Hidden Creatures," a young entomologist discovers the miraculous world of parasites when cocoons sprout from a ...

Spider-Man's web-shooting abilities have sparked debate for years, especially after different live-action adaptations portrayed the hero in contrasting ways. But contrary to what people may believe, ...

The Supreme Court strengthened President Trump’s control over independent agencies in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overruling 91 years of precedent that allowed Congress to insulate certain ...

A 60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn’t shake. It had started two weeks prior and was only getting worse. He also said he had noticed subtle changes in ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army on Thursday announced the establishment of the Space Operations Branch as it works to unite its new career fields. The new branch brings together Army Space Operations ...

The man who invented the World Wide Web recaps its spectacular growth and ponders its uncertain future in this knotty memoir-cum-manifesto. Berners-Lee (Weaving the Web) begins by revisiting his ...

I remember the day I got obsessed with a tiny, see-through worm. I was in a classroom at Northeastern University, where I worked at the time, giving a science-communication workshop to a group of ...