Entomology professor Adam Dolezal and his colleagues found that infection with the Israeli acute paralysis virus increases the likelihood that infected bees are accepted by…
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Scientists are exploring the structural and chemical characteristics of cicada wings. Credit: Photo by Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey Biological structures sometimes have unique features…
Consensus climate suitability of the yellow-legged hornet predicted from species distribution modeling. Credit: Prof. Franck Courchamp Since its accidental introduction in 2003 in France, the…
Swarm of locusts. A small swarm of locusts (40 million) can consume as much food as 35,000 people. A single desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume its…
Optical Illusion Created by Butterflies’ Wing Scales Is Secret to Ultra-Black, Lightweight Materials
Optical Illusion Created by Butterflies’ Wing Scales Is Secret to Ultra-Black, Lightweight Materials
The black patches on the wings of some butterflies are 10 to 100 times darker than everyday black objects. Clockwise from top left: Catonephele numilia,…
While many homeowners heed the advice to clear their lawns of fallen leaves in autumn to avoid creating tick-friendly habitat in high-use areas, a new…
Bumblebee foraging on a flower. Credit: Tara Cox / Imperial College London Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform…
A mating pair of Pseudopolydesmus millipedes, viewed under UV light so that the structures of their genitals would show up better. Credit: Stephanie Ware, Field…
A female glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) will shine for hours to attract her mate, yet brightening skies will dim her prospects. Credit: Jason Steel – jason-steel.co.uk…
One wasp species has evolved the ability to recognize individual faces among their peers, signaling an evolution in how they have learned to work together.…
A Varroa mite, a common pest that can weaken bees and make them more susceptible to pathogens, feeds on a honey bee. Credit: Alex Wild/University…
A new study finds that pollination is better in cities than in the countryside. Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are…
A Vosnesensky bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) and a Nevada bumble bee (Bombus nevadensis) feed on Rydberg’s penstamon (Penstamon rydbergii) flowers in the Plumas National Forest.…
Infrared photographs of butterflies, where brightness correlates with the capability of radiative cooling. Credit: Nanfang Yu and Cheng-Chia Tsai/Columbia Engineering Researchers discover that butterflies have…
An Aedes mosquito with pollen sacs on its eyes feeding from Platanthera flowers. Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get…
A Malaysian spider, one of the small predators found in our study to be most affected by habitat loss. Credit: Tim Newbold Researchers Analyzed Over…
“Knock-down” of insulin-like peptide 2 (ILP2) causes a significant reduction in the size of the mandibles of a male Gnatocerus cornutus beetle. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan…
The specimen will be stripped of the scientific name Mongolarachne chaoyangensis and rechristened as a crayfish. Credit: Selden et al. A ‘Jackalope’ of an Ancient…
[embedded content] Soil animal days 2019: Fewer ants but more millipedes, woodlice still on top The fifth edition of the Dutch Soil Animal Days saw…
A specimen whose head appears to have turned in the direction of the camera. Based on the scale provided in the photo from which this…