is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. One of the biggest challenges of photographing the native glow worms of New Zealand’s limestone caves is ...

Arachnocampa luminosa is a gnat species native to New Zealand. These small insects look like normal mosquitos as adults, but, as larvae, they are proof that sometimes real life is stranger — and more ...

Visit New Zealand and you may find yourself, some night, in a cave, watching glow worms light up the dark like wiggling stars. But besides being enchanting, these worms—fungus gnat maggots, ...

Deep in the limestone caves of New Zealand rest colonies of glow worms that emit a blue-green light strong enough to illuminate the caves they live in. These wonderful yet strange creatures are called ...

Explore the glow worm colonies of New Zealand's Waitomo Caves. The glow worm colonies of New Zealand's Waitomo Caves imitate stars to confuse flying insects, then trap them in sticky snares and eat ...

When you gaze upon a cave full of New Zealand glow worms, you may think you’re looking at a star-lit night sky. Using a small light organ at the end of their bodies, these tiny gnat larvae illuminate ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Half a mile underground in New Zealand, a starry sky twinkles. Or so ...

image: Identification of the first luciferin-producing insect belonging to the order Diptera in the Neotropics paves the way for researchers to investigate other biochemical functions of the molecule ...

“Evolution” is a word that is easily recognizable to many people (even those that refuse to believe it’s a real thing). Through evolution, or at least the act of it, creatures in the animal kingdom ...

A: Black water rafting, exploring subterranean rivers and caves on various flotation devices, has become an increasingly popular pastime in New Zealand. Waitomo, a Maori word meaning water hole or ...