Fossilised newborns, egg shells, and egg bursters preserved together in amber provide the first direct evidence of how insects hatched in deep time, according to a new article. Fossilised newborns, ...

This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. We fool ourselves most days. We imagine the Earth to be ours, but it belongs to them. We have barely begun to count ...

THE presence of a relatively large quantity of mineral material, mainly calcium carbonate, in the egg-shell (exochorion) of Phasmidæ has been established by Pantel 1 (in eggs of Donusa prolixa).

Q: Every winter, we feed the birds, and attract several different species. Last winter, we saw no blue jays at all. This winter they are back, and come to feed in a small flock. They eat plenty of ...