Stuart McCausland with his astute eyes can pick up on and photograph the life and times of even the smallest of insects. Recently, he was looking for insects in goldenrod, “one of the best places to ...

Featuring a selection of the photographer's best work, whether focusing on a specific subject or highlighting a particular approach. While watching the relationship between treehoppers and ants, ...

Biologist Josh Grinath seized a rare chance to study an ecosystem from top to tiny bottom when a black bear blundered through his Rocky Mountain meadow research plot, gobbling up ants and gnawing on ...

Tiny ants may seem like an odd food source for black bears, but the protein-packed bugs are a major part of some bears' diets and a crucial part of the food web that not only affects other bugs, but ...

These tiny insects come in eye-popping shapes. Treehoppers are tiny wonders. Found on every continent save Antarctica, these insects have helmet-like structures that come in spectacular shapes. Some ...

Ants show up on the bear menu surprisingly often — if you only think of bears as scary creatures with big teeth. But bears are omnivores. Some black bears even eat a diet of mostly vegetation. Others, ...

Why the treehopper developed the enlarged, three-dimensional hood ornament that distinguishes it from the rest of the insect world remains a mystery to scientists, though it's theorized that mimicry ...