A fly regurgitating digestive juices. Credit: Carlos Ruiz, CC BY-ND Imagine you’re at a picnic and just about to bite into your sandwich. Suddenly you…
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A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather…
An international research team has discovered a specific type of gut bacteria in bees that can improve memory. The study, led by scientists from Jiangnan…
Larger, overlapping scales in red and green begin to form their structural details midway through development (right). Each image is 75 μm wide. Credit: Anthony…
Asian hive bees (Apis cerana) give specific “calls” in response to giant hornets, their worst predator. Credit: University of Guelph Study is the first to…
Giant “murder” hornets attack a honey beehive in Vietnam. Credit: Heather Mattila/Wellesley College New research from Wellesley College finds for the first time that bees…
Honey bee colonies worldwide have suffered from a range of damaging diseases. A new study has provided clues on how changing weather patterns might be…
A Harpegnathos saltator worker captured in an aggressive display (open mandibles) aimed at the photographer. Credit: Karl Glastad (Berger Lab) Depending on the outcome of…
[embedded content]Honeybee allogrooming behavior (upper left) and trophallaxis (feeding, center). Credit: Dr Michelina Pusceddu, University of Sassari Honeybees increase social distancing when their hive is…
As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions to warts. In the past,…
Analysis of data collected over 20 years suggests the decline is due to the construction of over 180 dams (dragonfly emerging from aquatic naiad state).…
For home gardeners and farmers, herbivorous insects present a major threat to their hard work and crop yields. The predator insects that feed on these…
A casting of a nest made by a species of ant found in Florida next to an adult man for scale. Credit: Charles F. Badland…
A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Credit:…
Flower of Triantha occidentalis in a bog at Cypress Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Danilo Lima First new carnivorous plant identified by botanists in…
A Naupactus cervinus weevil, a common, yet invasive species in many parts of the world, is seen eating a leaf. Credit: Courtesy of Analia Lanteri/Facultad…
Is It Cheaper To Be Bigger? Evolutionary Lessons From the Extreme Weapons of Giraffe Weevil Warriors
Is It Cheaper To Be Bigger? Evolutionary Lessons From the Extreme Weapons of Giraffe Weevil Warriors
A female New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) taken at Matuku Reserve. Credit: Christina Painting, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nepalese craftsman, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, holds the…
The 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used in this study. Credit: Field Museum The Xerces blue butterfly was last seen flapping its iridescent periwinkle wings…
An alfalfa leafcutter bee, the type used by UC Riverside scientists to study the effects of pesticide and water levels. Credit: David Rankin/UCR For the…
Male and female Polyommatus icarus mating. Credit: Stephanie A. Rivest This summer, if you see a butterfly with wings that are blue on top with…