The 100-million-year-old remains of an alien-looking female insect — complete with a triangular head and bulging eyes — have been discovered encased in a glob of hardened resin called amber. The tiny ...

The 100-million-year-old remains of an alien-looking female insect — complete with a triangular head and bulging eyes — have been discovered encased in a glob of hardened resin called amber. The tiny ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber with a triangular head, almost-alien and 'E.T.-like' appearance and features so unusual that it has been placed in its own ...

Around one million insects have been discovered and described by scientists, with every last one slotting into one of 31 categories, known in entomology circles as orders. But researchers at Oregon ...

Close-range photography often makes insects look like tiny, weird aliens. Now, a team of German scientists has decided to make the connection between insects and aliens legit by naming newly ...

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"It takes away the excitement from our real discoveries." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An Ohio scientist claims to have found ...

For most people, just being near a bug is grounds to flip out and reach for the nearest can of Raid. Or a flamethrower. But if you're Dr. Grace Sward, an entomologist with a PhD from Ohio State ...

IT IS the dizzying transitions of scale that best characterise our complex relationship with insects. Zooming in, we peer with ghastly fascination at parasitoid fairy flies, which are small enough to ...