Insect defecation may not seem like one of the pressing scientific inquiries of our time, but in fact the faeces of these wee creatures serves an extraordinary variety of functions in bug and human ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bat has learned to buzz like hornets to discourage predatory owls from eating them. It is the first ever case in mammals of what is known as Batesian mimicry, ...

Death-feigning behaviour, commonly known as thanatosis or tonic immobility, is a widespread antipredator strategy among insects. By adopting a state of immobility that mimics death, insects can reduce ...

Light pollution is helping to drive the so-called 'insect apocalypse', experts warn, contributing to fears that 40 per cent of all bug species will be lost within decades. Artificial light at night ...