These insects resemble tiny pieces of popcorn as they move about. Discover more about the waxy nymphs of the flatid ...

* Food:Spiders, insects and insect larvae, especially caterpillars; long-tailed tits also feed on berries and peanut feeders in gardens. * Special features: The nest of the long-tailed tit is a ...

* Japanese name: Tsubame * Scientific name: Hirundo rustica * Description: A common and easily recognizable bird, barn swallows have long, pointed wings and deeply forked tails. The feathers on ...

Ripipteryx mopana, a new species discovered in Belize. Photo by: Sam W. Heads, Steven J. Taylor. Scientists have discovered the first ever insect in the Ripipterygidae family in Belize. Measuring ...

Some of the most menacing-looking wasps are actually among the least threatening. I get several panicked calls a year regarding a sighting of a “long-tailed wasp” with a stinger twice as long ...

A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution. The long-tailed stonefly, Zelandoperla ...

It's an unusual insect with spotted wings and a long tail. You've probably seen one fluttering around the Windsor-Essex area. It's called a fish fly (sometimes called a shadfly or mayfly) — and ...