Tag: Entomology

Credit: CDC/ William L. Nicholson, Ph.D. (Public Domain, 2012) Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) is a recurring fever caused by exposure ...

Combined with common fungicide, 'bee safe' Sivanto leads to abnormal behavior and lower survivalCredit: James Nieh, UC San Diego A ...

Credit: Photo Credit: Molly Jacobson DURHAM, N.H.--Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found a dramatic decline of 14 ...

Credit: Alex Fergus The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. ...

Ivermectin administration to livestock would have the greatest impact in West AfricaCredit: Imbahale et al., 2019 An analysis led by ...

Credit: Thomas Baker/Penn State The spotted lanternfly is not a strong or frequent flyer, weaknesses that may hinder its ability ...

Proof-of-concept test results in first-ever detection of viruses in field-collected mosquito wasteCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library Annapolis, ...

Thirteen new ant species discovered by HKU EcologistsCredit: @The University of Hong Kong "If you believe that all life surrounding ...

In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity -- but ...

A long-nosed fly from the Jurassic of Central Asia, reported by Russian paleontologists, provides new evidence that insects have started ...

A team from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University together with their Russian colleagues carried out genetic analysis of the symbiotic ...

Credit: NIAID (CC BY 2.0, 2016) Mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, already threaten over a billion people ...

WASHINGTON -- As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the ...

Professor Anthony Vodacek helps lay groundwork for new virtual reality experience Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and Seneca Park ...

Credit: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, ...

Credit: Alex Wild Female mosquitoes are known to rely on an array of sensory information to find people to bite, ...

Research on coffee farm habitats can help both fowl and farmersCredit: University of Delaware/ Doug Tallamy and Desirée Narango Coffee ...

Credit: Virginia Tech For Virginia Tech researchers Margaret Couvillon and Roger Schürch, the Tower of Babel origin myth - intended ...

Many species of termites, whose societies are built on hierarchies of kings, queens, workers, and soldiers, live in towering nests ...

Plant legacy affects aboveground insects through soilCredit: NIOO-KNAW Leaf-feeding caterpillars greatly enrich their intestinal flora by eating soil. It's even ...