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These would make amazing prints to decorate a room. My favorite in the collection is the 'Larva of an Ant Lion". While the silhouette of an ant is visible in the image, it looks more like a ...

Playing dead, also known as thanatosis or tonic immobility, is a fascinating survival tactic used by various animals in the wild. This behavior is a unique form of deception, where animals feign death ...

In a state known for its alligators, theme parks, and sun-seeking tourists of all stripes, Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are one unwelcome visitor. Thousands of these roughly 13-foot-long ...

A team of scientists discovered a species of blow fly (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae can infiltrate colonies of harvester termites in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco. The ...

Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the migration of larvae into soft tissues where they eventually calcify and form cysts. Here's a video I ...

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X ...

Their findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, show that Antarctic midge larvae usually grow to their second instar by the first winter and undergo quiescence so that they can ...

She is the mother of all the ants. That means she lays the eggs, that hatch into the larvae which in turn, become the adult ants. ADAM:'The ants in a colony are not all the same. There are ...

Predators are some of the most fascinating and misunderstood creatures in the natural world. These hunters play a vital role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems by controlling the populations of ...