Tag: Entomology

More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combating diseases -- if we let them ...

Night-time pollinators benefit from street lights being switched off in the middle of the night Switching off street lights to ...

Entomologists Meiners, Griswold and Messinger-Carril publish in 'PLOS One'Credit: Therese Lamperty LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Declines in native bee populations ...

Credit: Image: Charlotte Foerster Increasing sunlight intensity extends the sleep duration and results in a longer midday siesta which delays ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered a protein that prevents mosquitoes from hatching, opening the possibility of developing ...

A protein required for development of mosquito eggs may provide a mosquito-selective target for insecticide development, according to a new ...

CRISPR-based method sterilizes male insects for population suppression of agricultural pests and disease-carrying mosquitoesCredit: Nikolay Kandul, Akbari Lab, UC San ...

New to science, the species was named after Pluto, the ruler of the underworld in Greek mythologyCredit: Ignacio Ribera A ...

Washington, DC -- BioOne (about.bioone.org), the nonprofit publisher of more than 200 journals from 150 scientific societies and independent presses, ...

New research on monarch butterfly migration in North America leads to questions about where they overwinterCredit: Pat Davis Arguably, one ...

Credit: Yoshizawa et al. Biology Letters, Nov. 21, 2018 In a group of bark lice, a penis has evolved twice ...

One of only seven beetle genomes publishedCredit: Agricultural Research Service-USDA BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, December 20, 2018--Beekeepers and researchers will welcome the ...

Amber preserving newborns, egg shells, and egg bursters shows that the hatching mechanism of green lacewings was established at least ...

Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species Of the known alien (non-native) species found in Antarctica, a non-biting ...

New analysis shows understanding the evolution of stick and leaf insects cannot be based on anatomical similarities alone Known for ...

Credit: Barbara Baraibar, Penn State Harvester ants that eat weed seeds on the soil's surface can help farmers manage weeds ...

Iberian arachnology: An area to be exploredCredit: Marc Domènech (University of Barcelona) The new study, covering the largest study area ...

Credit: NJIT When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in ...

Asian longhorned tick could find plenty of suitable habitat in North America similar to its native regionCredit: Ilia Rochlin, Ph.D., ...

Credit: Figure: Hannes Neuweiler/Universität Würzburg They are lightweight, almost invisible, highly extensible and strong, and of course biodegradable: the threads ...