A mosquito larva launches its head to capture prey dangled in front of it. Hancock et al. via Annals of the Entomological Society of America Scientists have long known that predatory mosquito larvae ...

With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. This new research sheds light on behavior ...

Newfound fossils have revealed a Jurassic ‘giraffe’: an insect with a prodigiously long, skinny ‘neck’ that might have helped the animal to conceal its large abdomen from its prey 1. Tong Bao, at Sun ...

Annapolis, MD; October 4, 2022—With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. Published ...

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July 8 (UPI) --Researchers consider playing dead, or post-contact immobility, a strange phenomenon. Many animals play dead when faced with a predator, and researchers don't understand how the ruse ...