When conditions get too dry, Madagascar hissing cockroaches like to "cuddle". Under certain conditions, the large insects gather in groups, with many participants in physical contact with one another.

Learn how tight clustering helps Madagascar’s hissing cockroaches conserve water during dry spells, offering new insight into how even large insects cope with environmental stress. On a dry day in ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

In a study published in PNAS on Sept. 5, researchers led by Prof. KANG Le from the Beijing Institutes of Life Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have provided a deep understanding of the ...

At the largest winter monarch aggregation in central Mexico, scientists have observed that rodents attack monarchs that fall to the ground. Biologists have now discovered that the western harvest ...