Behind my house is a blue spruce, at the tip top of which is the favorite perch of my local black-chinned hummingbird, Mr. Big. Mr. Big is probably more than one bird, but I call them that because the ...

Praying Mantis, Mantis religiosa, eating a grasshopper. The squad of insects captured in this extraordinary YouTube clip is among the most visually striking you are likely to come across. They look ...

They blend in with their leafy surroundings, strike with lightning speed and eat the brains of small birds — and they're only about nine centimetres long. Researchers from the University of Basel have ...