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:…
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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
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…
Killer flies. Credit: S.T. Fabian Killer flies can reach accelerations of over 3g when aerial diving to catch their prey — but at such high…
A Painted Lady butterfly in Morocco. Credit: Orio Massana Weather conditions shown to have big influence on migration numbers. A species of butterfly found in…
‘Unshackled’ Palm-Destroying Beetles Could Soon Invade Australia – “We Thought We’d Outsmarted Them”
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…
Hungry Fruit Flies Are Extreme Ultramarathon Fliers – Can Travel Six Million Times Their Body Length
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…