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Ok, we're not to Hadrian's Wall yet. Patience. Patience. Day 3: Edinburgh, part the third. Did you know that bagpipe renditions of Coldplay exist? I could have gone my entire life without knowing that. Sadly, it was blasting from a souvenir shop. Which...

Alex Wild, a wildlife photographer, compiled a list with photos of terrible ways to die if you're a bug*. For example, this trap-jaw ant from Belize wasn't pregnant. The swelling in its belly was from a parasitic worm feeding on its guts and gradually...

If you’ve ever had a backyard garden, you know the feeling of defeat when invisible pests turn flourishing tomato and zucchini plants into wilted twigs for seemingly no reason. Vineyard managers often face these same microscopic monsters even when Mother...

What’s cuter than an invasion of ladybugs? Arguably nothing. What’s less cute? An invasion of Asian Lady Beetles. Although Central Texans might be seeing a lot of what look like ladybugs this winter, Texas Parks and Wildlife clarified on Facebook earlier...

ichthyologist: Slavemaker Ants The larger brown slavemaker ants (Protomognathus americanus) rest idly by as their ‘slave’, a golden acorn ant (Temnothorax curvispinosus) attends to the brood and performs worker tasks. Slavemaker ants are...