Around 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the Carboniferous period teemed with strange and giant ...

What’s particularly strange about the ... eat small animals such as insects, eggs, and larvae in the wild. In captivity, they’ve been known to eat larger creatures like spiders and geckoes. Look at ...

The insects live along shorelines of ponds and streams and have been recorded in 38 other states, according to researchers.

Andy Calhoun via Unsplash A small insect, which researchers described as “weird-looking” and “bouncy,” was recorded for the first time in Connecticut and Minnesota, expanding the bug’s ...