Tag: Entomology

Wind and warmth can improve travel time for the billions of insects worldwide that migrate each year, according to a ...

Credit: Wangzhen Zhang Specimens kept in the collection of the Institute of Beneficial Insects at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry ...

Princeton University's Lindy McBride is studying how and why disease-bearing mosquitoes feed almost exclusively on humansCredit: Danielle Alio, Princeton University ...

Credit: Rainer Simonis / Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald "Bark beetles lay waste to forests" - "Climate change sends beetles into overdrive" ...

Neurons in insect brains that compute 3D distance and direction foundCredit: Newcastle University, UK In stunning images captured under the ...

UCR identifies new tool to kill mosquitoesCredit: Jim Gathany/CDC Scientists have finally found malaria's Achilles' heel, a neurotoxin that isn't ...

Immediate, science-based community action can mitigate insect declineCredit: Julia Harencar This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a ...

Malaria parasites develop faster in mosquitoes at lower temperatures than previously thoughtCredit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Malaria parasites ...

Bees are valuable to humans not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate wildflowers and food crops. ...

Credit: Matt Kasson MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- If cicadas made horror movies, they'd probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued ...

Insects use different environmental cues to find their way in African bushCredit: Chris Collinridge/Wits University Researchers have shown for the ...

Credit: Chris Collingridge The South African dung beetle Scarabaeus lamarcki has - to put it mildly - an interesting technique ...

Credit: Khalighifar, et al LAWRENCE -- New research from the University of Kansas shows machine learning is capable of identifying ...

Credit: Karina Puikkonen/Colorado State University If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains could ...

Results point to a need for increased research, extension, and best management practicesCredit: FarmersGov Beekeepers across the United States lost ...

Credit: Jennifer Weathered/Utah State University The common perception that pesticides reduce or eliminate target insect species may not always hold. ...

UCR plans tiny wasp counterattackCredit: Stephen Asmus / USDA-ARS UC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control ...

Southeern blueberry bees are the bestCredit: Photo credit Blair Sampson, ARS. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019--Getting an excellent rabbiteye ...

Formula could tell ecologists which species will come to their own 'behavioral rescue'Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 14, ...

Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute and USDA-ARS are examining the relationship between aphids and the plant viruses they transmit on ...