These animals evolved to be ‘ultrablack’—here’s why
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
Weapons, dances—and murder? Inside the wild world of bug courtship
Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...
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Tarantula hawks: The most painful wasp sting in the world explained
The spiders will usually try to flee or avoid them at all costs ... although the threat of debilitating pain appears to have left this insect mostly unchallenged, with no known predators. Some species ...
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Inside the Macroworld of National Geographic’s “A Real Bug’s Life 2”
Get up close and personal with some of the world’s most interesting insects and the micro worlds they call home in Nat Geo’s ...
This Velvet Ant Provides New Insights Into Nature’s Ultrablack Secrets
New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...
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How to identify common bug bites or stings and treat them properly
Spider bites Though perhaps the most fear-inducing of all insect bites, spider bites are very rare. In fact, only about 500 of the 40,000 types of spiders around the world actually bite humans ...