Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that’s one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to exist…
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For a honey bee, few things are more important than recognizing your nestmates. Being able to tell a nestmate from an invader could mean the…
The research could help development of new pest control methods. A unique study conducted by University of Georgia entomologists led to the discovery of a…
A female mosquito has finely tuned senses that help her find the blood meal she needs in order to reproduce. New research reveals how the…
Researchers have observed black imported fire ants using sand to draw liquid food out of containers, when faced with the risk of drowning. This is…
A slingshot spider is ready to launch its cone-shaped web at a flying insect. To do so, the spider will release a bundle of silk,…
Artist’s reconstruction of mating ostracods. Credit: YANG Dinghu Small bivalved crustacean ostracods are the most abundant fossil arthropods since the Ordovician and play an important…
The world’s largest hornet, the Asian giant hornet has been encountered in the Pacific Northwest. New research at Washington State University predicts where the hornet…
Close up and terrifying: the deadly funnel-web spider. Credit: Dr. David Wilson A team of University of Queensland researchers has revealed why male funnel-web spiders…
Described by the ‘father of zoogeography’ and co-author of the theories of evolution and natural selection, the species hasn’t been reexamined since 1866. An over…
Researchers discover a worker of the hell ant Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri grasping a nymph of Caputoraptor elegans (Alienoptera) preserved in amber dated to ~99 Ma. Credit:…
Of about 3,500 mosquito species around the world, only a few have taken to specifically targeting people for biting, making them important spreaders of infectious…
West Virginia University researchers were part of a team that discovered how Massospora, a parasitic fungus, manipulates male cicadas into flicking their wings like females…
A paper published July 7, 2020, in the open access journal PLOS Biology outlines a roadmap for creating, for the first time, an agreed list…
The Thistle-down velvet ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa), a type of wasp, is a rare example of a white-colored creature in a desert climate. USU researchers investigated…
Sightings of aardvarks foraging in the daytime are becoming more common but can be a sign of food shortages brought on by drought. Credit: Nora…
Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them have been one-upping each other in an ongoing competition for survival. Now, a…
This week, scientists of the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Communications Biology, which…
A belly-up antlion larva remaining motionless for an unpredictable period testing to destruction the patience of potential predators. Credit: Professor Nigel R. Franks, University of…
Researchers studied a unique population of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico. Credit: Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms…