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Carolina hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) feeding from white Mimulus mutant in flight chamber. Credit: Byers and Bradshaw, 2021 Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths…
An ant of the species Temnothorax nylanderi. Credit: Susanne Foitzik, JGU Social isolation results in changes of behavior and activity of immune and stress genes.…
The new species was discovered in the dunes on Lista in Farsund municipality. Credit: Arnstein Staverløkk, NINA, CC BY3.0 A brand new species of parasitic…
In North Carolina USA, male blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata) glow while searching for mates. Their flightless females are highly vulnerable to trampling, as they…
European antlion (Euroleon nostras) on its dorsal side playing dead. Credit: Professor Nigel R. Franks, University of Bristol Many animals feign death to try to…
Wing of the new species Okanagrion hobani, from the McAbee fossil site in British Columbia, a damselfly-like insect of the new suborder Cephalozygoptera. Credit: Copyright…
Ecological reconstruction of Cretophengodes azari. Credit: Dinghua Yang Bioluminescence has fascinated people since time immemorial. The majority of organisms able to produce their own light…
Wasps provide crucial support to their extended families by babysitting at neighboring nests, according to new research by a team of biologists from the universities…
Researchers urge UK to keep EU ban on pesticide which has detrimental effect on pollinators. Just like us, many insects need a decent night’s sleep…
Recovered from the Green River Formation in present-day Colorado, this fossil represents a new genus and species of predatory insects known as assassin bugs. Researchers…
Larvae of western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, feeding on corn roots. Credit: Photo by Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service Study shows how individual…
The banyan tree Ficus macrocarpa produces aerial roots that give it its distinctive look. A new study reveals the genomic changes that allow the tree…
Most insects can fly. Yet scores of species have lost that extraordinary ability, particularly on islands. On the small islands that lie halfway between Antarctica and…
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica). Research from Wellesley College professor Heather Mattila shows that bees use animal dung to prevent giant hornets from attacking…
The world’s largest hornet, the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), has been popularly dubbed the “murder hornet.” Credit: Washington State Department of Agriculture Honeybees spread…
An ant (Camponotus cf. nicobarensis) trying to swallow formic acid from its acidopore. Credit: Simon Tragust Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and…
An image obtained from the system showing barcoded bees inside the observation hive. Outlines reflect whether a barcode could be decoded successfully (green), could not…
Florida Atlantic University study shows how monarch butterfly caterpillars go from peaceful feeders to aggressive fighters in their quest for milkweed. Inspired by his own…
A female sugarcane shot-hole borer Xyleborus affinis grows to about two millimeters. Credit: Peter Biedermann / University of Wuerzburg They belong to the bark beetle…