A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

Friday is National Science Fiction Day. To honor it, some Clemson University College of Science faculty are separating fact ...

A student discovers the first dragonfly fossil from the age of the dinosaurs in Canada. Cordualadensa acorni lived 75 million ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more than 70 new species were described this year by researchers at the ...

Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A remarkably preserved crab trapped in amber is forcing ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in ...

For the first time in reported history, mosquitoes have landed in Iceland. The Nordic nation, located just south of the Arctic Circle, has been on the rise as a popular travel destination for its ...

A species of invasive, "aggressive" mosquitoes known for transmitting yellow fever is spreading in California, according to local health officials. Multiple counties across the state, including Contra ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Since time immemorial, mosquitoes have been geographically restricted due to cold temperatures in Earth’s arctic regions, but climate change is ...