During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ago. The tiny creatures in question were lacewing larvae. Although adult ...

Adult insects are known for their fascinating and complex eyes, which allow them to accomplish remarkable sensory feats when performing functions such as searching for food or mates. In many insect ...

Humans aren't the only creatures that hoard, collect and decorate their homes. In fact, several animals exhibit these types of behaviours. Collecting behaviours occur in nature for a range of reasons, ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest fossil evidence of insect larvae with highly developed eyes, revealing that some ...

At least three instances of this have been found in modern insect larvae: in antlions, tiger beetles, and water tigers. "Lacewings and their larvae exhibited astonishing diversity during the ...