Researchers have discovered that insects' sense of smell evolved from ancient taste genes, rewriting evolutionary history.

Stick insects keep evolving to have the same strange body plans over and over again, scientists have discovered. This evolutionary blueprint has enabled researchers to predict the critters' next ...

An 82-year-old man from Australia with a lifelong passion for fossils but no formal training in paleontology has helped scientists challenge a long-standing idea about how a tiny but widespread group ...

As night falls and the city bustle dies down, another kind of life creeps up on its citizens: Cockroaches lurk beneath cabinets and bed bugs crawl out of mattresses. These unwelcome guests have spread ...

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Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more social by shedding genes tied to competition and independence. A shift to ...