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Oct. 25, 2021 The degradation of plant defense substances by insect digestive enzymes can influence the insects' preference for certain food plants, a new study now shows for the first time. Scientists ...
July 1, 2021 Parasitoid wasps are one of the most species rich animal taxa on Earth, but their tropical diversity is still poorly known. Now, scientist have discovered the Dolichomitus meii and Polysphincta ...
July 11, 2022 Fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant species encased in a 30-million-year-old tomb together with a parasitic ...
Oct. 28, 2021 What zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber -- insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying ...
May 27, 2021 The Menetries' tiger moth (Arctia menetriesii) is one of the rarest, most poorly studied Palaearctic moth species. Researchers have now documented the species' biology under laboratory ...
Oct. 4, 2022 With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. This new research sheds light on ...
Aug. 2, 2022 Researchers have found that muscle fibers in Japanese Fire-bellied Newts have an intrinsic ability to dedifferentiate, or reprogram, and contribute to limb regeneration. The results indicate that ...
Jan. 25, 2023 Researchers uncover for the first time the mechanism that likely explains how embryos form either a larva or a miniature version of the ...
May 17, 2022 A new study has revealed that a large, complex molecule, called lipopolysaccharide, produced by bacteria is responsible for inducing larval marine tubeworms, Hydroides elegans, to settle to the ...
July 6, 2023 Researchers describe a 500 million-year-old tunicate fossil species. The study suggests that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian ...