Tag: Entomology

UMass Amherst researcher and team see more risk of bed bugs in poorer, crowded urban areasCredit: Charles Kremenak AMHERST, Mass. ...

Credit: University of Guam The Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded $239,994 ...

Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01495 Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that ...

Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...

Credit: Photograph: Hannier Pulido / ETH Zurich Spring has sprung earlier than ever before this year, accompanied by temperatures more ...

How and why do they carry their exuviae?Credit: The Coleopterists Society The beetles of family Erotylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) are morphologically ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discover a regulatory neuroendocrine system that coordinates growth and maturation in a developmental stage-specific ...

Scientists show how day length and temperature play separate roles in the seasonal adaptation of some insectsCredit: 2020 Okayama University ...

Credit: Pensoft and Senckenberg Nature Research Society Recently, the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft signed with one of the ...

Floods can shift animal populations, altering mercury passed to fish and other wildlifeCredit: Credit: US Geological Survey/Freshwaters Illustrated-Dave Herasimtschuk (Millbrook, ...

Credit: Derek Hennen While many of us use social media to be tickled silly by cat videos or wowed by ...

Credit: Laura Figueroa, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - A new Cornell University study on bees, plants and landscapes in upstate ...

UMass Amherst, NC State biologists study risks and benefits associated with floral stripsCredit: Ben Barnhart AMHERST, Mass. - A new ...

New findings reveal how ants increase their collective sensing power to help them navigate complex terrainsCredit: Judy Gallagher (CC BY ...

Study examines downstream effects of climate change on alpine butterfly populations in North AmericaCredit: Alessandro Filazzola. The long-term effects of ...

Credit: Alekos Simoni/Imperial College London A modification that creates more male offspring was able to eliminate populations of malaria mosquitoes ...

Credit: Vincent Ricigliano, ARS-USDA BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, May 11, 2020--A microscopic algae ("microalgae") could provide a complete and sustainably sourced ...

Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birthCredit: Professor Benjamin Oldroyd/University of Sydney In a study published ...

Credit: Andrei Sourakov/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The iconic eyespots that some moths and butterflies use to ward off predators ...

URI professor part of team trying to find out if there is greater exposure to ticks, tick-borne diseaseCredit: URI photo ...