Even the larvae of certain species can be formidable. ... Finally, they analyzed the resulting videos to glean insight into the larval anatomy and the sequence of motions involved in their strikes.

An exceptionally preserved fossil unveils the internal anatomy of an arthropod ancestor. This specimen, discovered in China, provides a unique perspective on the evolution of the earliest ...

The study, published in Nature, reveals that pupae secrete a never-before observed fluid that adults and larvae immediately drink. The health of the entire colony appears to hinge on the prompt ...

The larva lures amphibians by alternately waving its antennae and moving its jaws, moving faster and faster as its prey draws closer. The movements exploit the fact that amphibians run on simple ...

Whether it is the larva of an already-known species of extinct lobopod is an open question. Maybe the answers are buried somewhere in the Yuan’shan shale. Nature, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024 ...

Her egg turns into a larva, that will eat the paralyzed host…bit by bit. Features. CLIP: 1:19. Forest Lynx Stalks Prey. A hungry lynx learns that songbirds don't make for an easy meal.

Confronted with a perplexing fish larva collected in the Florida Straits, Smithsonian scientists turned to DNA barcoding, which yielded an unexpected discovery—a match between the mysterious fish ...