Tag: Entomology

Credit: Nipam Patel WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Many animals have evolved camouflage tactics for self-defense, but some butterflies and moths ...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c05500 Watching honeybees buzz among flowers, it's easy to see ...

While captive rearing may cause temporary disorientation, researchers found if Monarchs are given time in the wild to calibrate their ...

Entomologists say the pairing has promise, but standards will ensure it's more than just buzzCredit: Rob Davis/Fresh Energy Annapolis, MD; ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...

Credit: Ron Bend/CSU A team of Colorado State University scientists, led by veterinary postdoctoral fellow Dr. Anna Fagre, has detected ...

Risk of mosquito-borne pathogen spreading to the country will increase as temperatures rise, say scientistsCredit: Fabrizio Montarsi, CC BY 3.0 ...

Credit: Evgeny Koshkin The Menetries' tiger moth (Arctia menetriesii) is one of the rarest and most poorly studied Palaearctic moth ...

New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey beesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new ...

Detecting environmental DNA of invasive ant species in soil samplesCredit: A. Prof. Mamiko Ozaki B. Minamoto et al. Scientific Reports, ...

First plant found to deceive pollinators by mimicking decomposing insectsCredit: Credit: T. Rupp, B. Oelschlägel, K. Rabitsch et al. The ...

New tools allow planetarium users to teach beyond the starsCredit: Matt Crow/Cleveland Museum of Natural History FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MAY ...

Contributors will enable the EU to take action to plug in the essential scientific knowledge to address insect declinesCredit: Royal ...

Credit: aerial photos by K. R. Kovach, Sixtoothed spruce bark beetle photo by U. Schmidt In recent years, foresters have ...

Study shows erosion of ant genome tied to loss of functional, behavioral and social traits in 3 inquiline speciesCredit: Martin ...

Biologists have discovered the gene controlling the mating preference of male European corn borer moths for the female sex pheromoneCredit: ...

Credit: Image courtesy of Vaxa, Iceland. Radical changes to the food system are needed to safeguard our food supply and ...

Credit: The University of Queensland A dengue virus vaccine candidate has passed an important milestone, with promising results in animal ...

Glyphosate inhibits symbiotic bacteria in the saw-toothed grain beetleCredit: Julian Kiefer, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Saw-toothed grain beetles live in a ...

Researchers elucidate how the insect regulates the accumulation of plant toxins via special transportersCredit: Anna Schroll When horseradish flea beetles ...