Acherontia styx: the honey-loving hawkmoth Acherontia styx is an Asian hawkmoth that can mimic the scent of bees to enter hives and feed on honey. Read more
Disguised as flowers, leaves, or twigs: the many faces of praying mantises From orchid mimics to leaf and twig lookalikes, discover how praying mantises use extraordinary camouflage to survive and hunt. Read more
They have existed for more than 400 million years! Sea scorpions are distant “relatives” of modern scorpions on the evolutionary tree. They appeared more than 400 million years ago, which means they lived on Earth long before the dinosaurs. Based on ancient fossils, some species may have reached up to 1 meter in length. One of the largest known examples, Terropterus xiushanensis, could grow up to 2 meters long. These ancient Read more