Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...
Researchers are raising new concerns about Chagas disease after finding some very high infection rates in the insects that spread it.
As forests shrink and wildlife disappears, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to people for their blood meals, a shift that ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — The foundation of every ecosystem comes down to the birds and the bugs. Missoula is one of 96 sample sites that is part of a nationwide research study which aims to learn more about ...
Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, harlequin ladybird and ...
Tom Wassmer is crouched down in a pasture, staring very intently at some cow manure. Wassmer is pointing at a nondescript dung beetle, no bigger than a grain of rice, with a shiny black head and a ...
PARMA, Idaho — Insects and other arthropods — from bad to beneficial — are the subjects of a new study of their impact on southern Idaho’s dry bean crop. Entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis is leading ...
A planning application proposes putting two containers in car park G at the university's Heslington West Campus to house ...
Experts from the University of Kentucky have found evidence of microplastics in the bodies of an insect in Antarctica. In the ...
Just like their mammalian counterparts, many insect species are quite social. Among these social insect colonies, a rather brave sub-Saharan species of termite-eating ant has offered researchers a ...
Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...