Animals caterpillars evolved chubby little ‘prolegs’ from crustaceans

Toby explains why natural predators and late season warmth can help provide many of this year’s beleaguered plants with a second wind of growth

FOSSIL EVIDENCE TELLS US THAT insects have put wings to good use in their domination of the planet for the past 325 million years. However, some of these insects have given up their various motile fla

Galls, which can range from the delicately beautiful to hideously unattractive bulbous growths, are among Nature’s most intriguing phenomena, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Scientists estimate that insects make up 90% of all animal species.

I MET MY FIRST MINOTAUR BEETLE recently. It was a male and he was making his way across my friend’s field, which she manages for wildlife. I stopped and watched him for a few minutes. He walked with p

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