A mating pair of Pseudopolydesmus millipedes, viewed under UV light so that the structures of their genitals would show up better. Credit: Stephanie Ware, Field…
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A female glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) will shine for hours to attract her mate, yet brightening skies will dim her prospects. Credit: Jason Steel – jason-steel.co.uk…
One wasp species has evolved the ability to recognize individual faces among their peers, signaling an evolution in how they have learned to work together.…
A Varroa mite, a common pest that can weaken bees and make them more susceptible to pathogens, feeds on a honey bee. Credit: Alex Wild/University…
A new study finds that pollination is better in cities than in the countryside. Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are…
A Vosnesensky bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) and a Nevada bumble bee (Bombus nevadensis) feed on Rydberg’s penstamon (Penstamon rydbergii) flowers in the Plumas National Forest.…
Infrared photographs of butterflies, where brightness correlates with the capability of radiative cooling. Credit: Nanfang Yu and Cheng-Chia Tsai/Columbia Engineering Researchers discover that butterflies have…
An Aedes mosquito with pollen sacs on its eyes feeding from Platanthera flowers. Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get…
A Malaysian spider, one of the small predators found in our study to be most affected by habitat loss. Credit: Tim Newbold Researchers Analyzed Over…
“Knock-down” of insulin-like peptide 2 (ILP2) causes a significant reduction in the size of the mandibles of a male Gnatocerus cornutus beetle. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan…
The specimen will be stripped of the scientific name Mongolarachne chaoyangensis and rechristened as a crayfish. Credit: Selden et al. A ‘Jackalope’ of an Ancient…
[embedded content] Soil animal days 2019: Fewer ants but more millipedes, woodlice still on top The fifth edition of the Dutch Soil Animal Days saw…
A specimen whose head appears to have turned in the direction of the camera. Based on the scale provided in the photo from which this…
Female wasp of the newly described species Idris elba (holotype specimen). Credit: Elijah J. Talamas While a mention of the British movie and music star…
Newly discovered ant species Strumigenys ananeotes. Credit: Jack Longino/University of Utah Jack Longino is a global ant expert and has traveled the world documenting and…
The first app of its kind allows users to interact with biodiversity research through augmented reality. An ant the size of a lion isn’t as…
This is an artist’s rendering of A. burmitina feeding on eudicot flowers. Credit: Illustration by Ding-hau Yang A new study co-led by researchers in the…
We might not notice them, but the crops farmers grow are protected by scores of tiny invertebrate bodyguards. Naturally occurring arthropods like spiders and lady…
The Bog Bush Cricket, has struggled to expand its range. Credit: Gilles San Martin There’s no place like home: Many insects moving north in response…
Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of…