Malaria risk is highest in early evening, study finds
Credit: Eunho Suh, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Wide-scale use of insecticide-treated bed nets has led to substantial declines ...
Tag: Entomology
Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners
Their openness to associate with previously unknown yeasts could be a crucial factor for the emergence of new Drosophila speciesCredit: ...
Study finds natural fires help native bees, improve food security
Native bees are increasingly important to food growersCredit: Lauren Ponisio / UCR Native bees that boost food crops are in ...
Risky business: Courtship movements put katydids in danger
Credit: Christian Ziegler Reproduction can be risky. In the case of katydids, some hunting bats eavesdrop on male mating calls ...
Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Credit: Douglas Sponsler, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources ...
Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease
BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that ...
Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow ...
New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists
Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like ...
Unique Namibian trial finds smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75%
University of the Witwatersrand scientists along with Namibian, UK and US partners have shown how the smart application of existing ...
Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in ...
Ants restore Mediterranean dry grasslands
Credit: © Renaud Jaunatre/IMBE/CNRS In nature, certain species are able to regulate the cycling of soil nutrients and vegetation diversity ...
Rare South American ground beetles sport unusual, likely multi-purpose antennal cleaners
Credit: Terry L. Erwin For 157 years, scientists have wished they could understand the evolutionary relationships of a curious South ...
Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects’ structural colors
Analysis of 13,000-year-old fossils suggest photonic nanostructures in insects, which create colorful iridescent colors, may have originated as a means ...
Study reveals unique physical, chemical properties of cicada wings
Credit: Photo by Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would ...
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