Aug. 28, 2023 — An international research team has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...
Aug. 28, 2023 — An international research team reports that, given the same genetic makeup, individual behavior alone determines whether or not an individual in a social group will contract a disease. Clonal raider ...
Aug. 24, 2023 — Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — Researchers are studying the signaling pathway that leads the parasite responsible for Chagas disease to transform and reproduce. They follow that pathway from the beginning when an uninfected ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — A new study of cavity-nesting birds in Ecuador shows the influence of deforestation on their habitat and reproductive success. Nest boxes could ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — A discovery about how a common insect acquires a microbe that is essential for its growth may help in the control of an agricultural ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran ...
Aug. 22, 2023 — By increasing the diversity of indigenous plants in urban areas, researchers have seen a seven times increase in the number of insect species in just three years, confirming the ecological benefits ...
Aug. 16, 2023 — Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research ...
Aug. 14, 2023 — Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later -- with the help of that very same type of bug. That concept is closer to reality than you might expect. ...
Aug. 11, 2023 — Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study. Scientists say, this discovery could help develop new insecticides and control the spread ...
Aug. 10, 2023 — As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while ...
Aug. 10, 2023 — Researchers found that tiny nematode worm larvae surf electric fields to hitch rides on passing ...
Aug. 7, 2023 — Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered. The results provide the first experimental evidence of spatial learning in any butterfly or moth ...
Aug. 1, 2023 — Study reveals a powerful pheromone chemical used by males moths to entice ...
July 31, 2023 — The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows. A team led by Washington State University researchers traced the bee genealogy back more than ...
July 28, 2023 — Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on the ability is passed down through generations of ...
July 27, 2023 — The link between tree diversity and spider populations can help homeowners and other land managers better plan tree plantings to naturally mitigate the effects of climate ...
July 27, 2023 — Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to nest-building problems, according to new ...
July 26, 2023 — When oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed, monarch butterflies laid fewer eggs on the plant, and the caterpillars developing on those plants were slower to ...
