Insects such as bees are crucial pollinators responsible for maintaining biodiversity and food security and have long been a challenge for both existing large-scale tracking methods and ...

While the prospect of fewer mosquitoes buzzing around might be compelling, insects play a crucial role in maintaining our ecosystems and supporting agriculture. Widespread use of insecticides has been ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

Many tropical insects are already close to their heat tolerance limits, raising concerns that rising temperatures could disrupt ecosystems.

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

Insect feeding behaviour is a complex interplay of anatomical specialisation and physiological processes that enable insects to exploit plant tissues for nutrients. A key tool in deciphering these ...

Ants trapped in amber reveal possible partnerships and parasites, offering a rare glimpse into ecosystems from nearly 100 ...

Recent research has revealed a fascinating biological mechanism in fruit flies, where a single protein can drastically alter their feeding behavior, causing them to uncontrollably spill their guts.

The tell-tale signs that autumn is here are clear to us; the days are getting shorter and the temperature is decreasing. We take this as a sign to pull out our winter woollies and think about turning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A total solar eclipse will darken the skies in parts of the United States on April 8, but people won’t be the only ones awed by ...

Two-hundred-fifty million years ago, an insect got hungry for a midnight snack. It chewed through the wide leaf of a now-extinct gigantopterid plant, sowing rows of rounded punctures. The holes were ...