It’s one of those horrifying facts of nature: Ant larvae eat each other. But why would a species that’s famous for self-sacrifice and cooperation also support infant cannibalism? Scientists now ...

For corals, baby fat is food. Coral mothers send their offspring into the world with a balanced meal of fat and algae, but baby corals mainly chew the fat, new research finds. Adult corals of the ...

Scientists played healthy reef sounds underwater in Hawaii and found more baby corals nearby, even though they have no known way to hear.

Sounds of a healthy reef coaxed coral larvae to settle on artificial structures in Hawai’i—a possible start to “hybrid” reefs ...

Honeybees make a special “baby food” that gives their larvae a better-balanced diet, reveals new research. The pollinators also avoid “too much of a good thing” by balancing nutrients in pollen, ...

A light crackling sound floats above a field in northern Switzerland in late summer. Its source is invisible, tucked inside a dead, dried plant stem: a dozen larval mason bees striking the inner walls ...

Out at sea in the darkest of night, scientists are sampling larval fish throughout Hawai‘i to better understand their habitat and patterns in fish reproduction. Plankton consist of all the tiny ...

Tiny starfish larvae – each smaller than a grain of rice – spend 60 days and 60 nights paddling the open ocean, feeding to accumulate the energy they need to metamorphose into the familiar star shape.

Robots mimic clouds of microscopic marine larvae, like baby crabs, clams and rockfish The robots help tell scientists where marine larvae go, how they get there and back, and what allows them to do it ...