A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.

A recent study by biologists from Montana and Germany sheds light on the intricate process of convergent evolution in stick and leaf insects. The researchers analyzed the body features of 1,359 ...

Penetration of the epidermis can cause infections that the body can otherwise defend against. These include diseases caused by insect or animal bites, as well as pathogens that enter the body through ...

The faculty and staff are committed to teaching an evolving and compelling curriculum, wherein students study the organization and relationship of anatomical structures of the human body within a ...

The large size (for an embryo) and hollowed-out middle of each fossil is indicative that each of these embryos once fed upon ...

Scientists in China have just dug up 500-million-year-old embryos that will help us understand the developmental biology of ...

Discover Uncus dzaugisi, a 555-million-year-old worm-like fossil, offering the first Precambrian evidence of Ecdysozoa ...

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Masked hunters are given this name because the immature masked hunter carries dust and debris on its body to camouflage itself. They may appear as walking piles ... They feed on a variety of small ...

Students from Livingston Elementary School participated in an interactive science workshop in December, exploring various ...