Right now, there’s a fly walking on the window in my office. I asked my friend Rich Zack how it does that. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. It turns out my window isn’t as ...

Fossil insect find, Zekuforma maculata, reveals a land-to-water experiment in evolution, rewriting 230 million years of true ...

In South American rainforests, giant anteaters dig into termite mounds with their long, sticky tongues. In Africa and Asia, pangolins and aardvarks use strong claws to break into ant nests. These ...