Older termites build up backpacks of toxic material that they can unleash on their enemies by bursting their bodies.
Older termites build up backpacks of toxic material that they can unleash on their enemies by bursting their bodies.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Guppies with experimentally shrunken brains produced more offspring than guppies bred for larger noggins, confirming a long suspected tradeoff of bigger brains.
A new study finds that an Alaskan population of the fish has quickly evolved in response to warming temperatures.
A Canadian menagerie lets visitors get up close and personal with insects to help make crawlies less creepy.
A nuclear war could have profound effects on crops yields around the world, according to a new study.
With persistence and pluck, Leslie Vosshall managed to snatch insect odorant receptors from the jaws of experimental defeat.
A federal appeals court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s right to regulate air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
Louisiana’s salt marshes are recovering from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but some areas have been irreversibly lost.