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An adult coconut rhinoceros beetle in hand. Credit: Forest and Kim Starr A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail,…
The tiny beetle Triamyxa coprolithica is the first-ever insect to be described from fossil feces. Credit: Qvarnström et al. The tiny beetle Triamyxa coprolithica is…
Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus…
The venom of a caterpillar, native to South East Queensland, shows promise for use in medicines and pest control, Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers say.…
A glasswing butterfly feeding at flowers in Costa Rica. The remarkable transparency of these butterflies allows them to be “invisible,” and the antiglare coating of…
Amid the steady growth of solar energy production in the United States, pollinator conservation at solar installations has become an appealing secondary pursuit, but the…
The illustration of the viral membrane lipid bi-layer shows the water-loving heads (yellow circles) and water-hating tails (blue squiggles). AEG12, based on the protein’s crystal…
A large, parasitic orchid bee (Exaerte smaragdina). Credit: USGSBIML Team Largest-ever analysis of bees’ morphological diversity paints complicated picture as to whether complex social behavior…
Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile). Detecting environmental DNA of invasive ant species in soil samples. Researchers have successfully detected the environmental DNA (eDNA)[1] of the Argentine…
A view of the head of Strumigenys ayersthey. A newly discovered miniature trap jaw ant from the evergreen tropical forests of Ecuador bears the curious…
Experiments to measure a fruit fly’s top speed involved releasing tens of thousands of fruit flies and luring them away with fragrant cocktails of fermenting…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a…
Cross-sectional images (shown in different colors) of a spider web were combined into this 3D image and translated into music. Credit: Isabelle Su and Markus…
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…
