All is FAIR in biodiversity research: Mandatory data audit at Pensoft’s journals
A thorough data auditing workflow ensures that datasets described in data papers across Pensoft's OA journal portfolio are fit-to-use prior ...
Tag: Entomology
Ants fight plant diseases
New research from Aarhus University shows that ants inhibit at least 14 different plant diseases.Credit: Jens Henrik Petersen New research ...
First Genome of Spotted Lanternfly Built from a Single Insect
Credit: ARS-USDA HILO, HAWAII, October 16, 2019--Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, in cooperation with Pacific Biosciences and Penn State University, ...
Findings bridge knowledge gap between pheromone sensitivity and courtship
Study in flies links fertility and the response strength of pheromone-sensing neuronsCredit: UC San Diego Just as humans use their ...
In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more ...
Key uncertainties identified for models of mosquito distribution in the US
Understanding model limitations could improve strategies to deal with mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins. A computational analysis has ...
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter wintersCredit: Frank Peairs, ...
Threshold-dependent gene drives in wild populations
Credit: James Gathany The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. By altering the ...
Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots
Credit: P. Ramdya, EPFL "Just think about what a fly can do," says Professor Pavan Ramdya, whose lab at EPFL's ...
Meet the ‘mold pigs,’ a new group of invertebrates from 30 million years ago
Credit: Provided by George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and ...
New large-sized insect species discovered in tropical forest
Credit: Photo: Tapani Hopkins Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku in Finland have studied the diversity ...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use ...
Was early stick insect evolution triggered by birds and mammals?
Research team led by the University of Göttingen reveals early evolution of stick insectsCredit: Christoph Seiler Stick and leaf insects ...
First maps of areas suitable for spotted lanternfly’s establishment in US and world
Credit: ARS-USDA WAPATO, WASHINGTON, October 3, 2019--Maps identifying the areas suitable for establishment of the spotted lanternfly (SLF) in the ...
Species could buffer reproduction against climate change through sperm and egg plasticity
Credit: University of East Anglia Beetles have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to reproduce despite warmer temperatures - according to new research ...
Mosquito eye inspires artificial compound lens (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Anyone who's tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a ...
Crappy news for the dung beetle and those who depend on them
Credit: Daniel González-Tokman You mightn't think that the life of a dung beetle, a creature who eats poop every day ...
West Nile virus in the New World: Reflections on 20 years in pursuit of an elusive foe
Array of experts on mosquito-borne disease weigh lessons learned and progress made in the Journal of Medical EntomologyCredit: Ary Farajollahi, ...
Researchers show how railroad worms produce red light
Differences in the molecular structures explain the different colors of this bioluminescence in different species. This discovery has the potential ...
New tool improves beekeepers’ overwintering odds and bottom line
Credit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019--A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that ...
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