Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on ...
Tag: Entomology
Cicada-inspired waterproof surfaces closer to reality, researchers report
Credit: Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary group that studies the physical and chemical properties of ...
Genome sequencing shows climate barrier to spread of Africanized bees
Added diversity may be useful for breeding beesCredit: Erin Calfee Since the 1950s, "Africanized" honeybees have spread north and south ...
UCI materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect
Southern California's diabolical ironclad beetle can even survive being run over by carCredit: David Kisailus / UCI Irvine, Calif. - ...
The consequences of mating at the molecular level
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which mating affects the behavior of germline stem cellsCredit: ...
Salt-based mosquito-control products are ineffective, study shows
Researchers find no evidence that salt-water ingestion kills mosquitoesCredit: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; October 20, 2020--A new study by ...
Bark beetle outbreaks benefit wild bee populations, habitat
Credit: Seth Davis/Colorado State University When southern Rocky Mountain forests are viewed from a distance these days, it may not ...
University of Guam part of international effort to understand cycad pollinators
Researchers say cycad conservation plans must consider mutualistic relationshipsCredit: University of Guam University of Guam researchers continue to expand knowledge ...
Mosquitoes’ taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
Credit: ©Alex Wild, used by permission It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human ...
Genomic study reveals evolutionary secrets of banyan tree
Credit: Photo by Gang Wang CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The banyan fig tree Ficus microcarpa is famous for its aerial roots, ...
UOG monitors Guam for two of USDA’s Priority Pests of 2021
Pests pose danger to tomato and other solanaceous cropsCredit: University of Guam The University of Guam received another round of ...
A new species of Darwin wasp from Mexico named in observance of the 2020 quarantine period
Credit: Andrey I. Khalaim Scientists at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT) in Mexico recently discovered five new species of ...
Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself
Value of nationwide pollinator monitoring schemes, some involving citizen scientists, is 70 times higher than their costCredit: Credit Nadine Mitschunas ...
Native milkweed cultivars planted by the public can support monarch butterflies and bees
Credit: Jim Hudgins, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Plant cultivars are natural variants of native plants that have been deliberately ...