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Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space
Dragonflies biodiversity changes time space
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2017/7/24
An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how biodiversity loss may impact specific habitats, according to Rice Unive...
Penn Collaboration Produces Surprising Insights Into the White Spots on Butterfly Wings
Penn Collaboration Insights White Spots Butterfly Wings
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2017/7/24
A collaboration between biologists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania is yielding new insights into the wings of the “skipper butterfly” in the Costa Rican rainforest. What the...
Bee antennae offer links between the evolution of social behavior and communication
Bee antennae evolution of social behavior communication
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2017/7/24
An international team of researchers, including those from Princeton University, reported that a certain species of bees, called halictid bees, have more sensorial machinery compared with re...
Insects resist genetic methods to control disease spread,Indiana University study finds
Insects resist genetic methods control disease spread Indiana University
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2017/7/20
Researchers are exploring the use of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to fight human disease and agricultural blight. But a study from Indiana University has found several challenges to...
Quick! Name the top-performing athletes in the animal kingdom. Cheetah? Try again. Blue whale? Nope.Here's a clue: If you take a walk in the desert on a moonlit night, you might see them, darting from...
Scientists Use Big-Brother Technology to Spy on Bumblebees
Scientists Big-Brother Technology Spy on Bumblebees
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2017/3/14
By tagging individual bumblebees with microchips, biologists have gained insights into the daily life of a colony of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) in unprecedented detail. The team found that while mo...
Now, new research from Caltech provides the first understanding into how so few muscles produce such complex flight.The findings, an advance at the intersection of biomechanics and neurobiology, are d...
While most arachnophiles will likely find tiny spider dancers who can “swagger like Jagger” entertaining, it’s more than the dance that captures the fascination of one NSF-funded University of Cincinn...
Wasps,Ants,and Ani DiFranco
Wasps Ants Ani DiFranco
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2017/2/16
A University of California, Riverside graduate student has discovered several new species of wasps, including one that she named after musician Ani DiFranco.Judith Herreid, who studies a unique family...
When a male fruit fly gets aggressive, he rears up on his back four legs and batters his foe with his front pair. Neither fly seems particularly damaged by the encounter, but their subsequent actions ...
IUPUI maps genome of black blow fly;may benefit human health,advance pest management
IUPUI genome of black blow fly benefit human health advance pest management
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2016/11/29
Researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have sequenced the genome of the black blow fly, an insect commonly found throughout the United States, southe...
About 100 million years ago, a lowly amoeba pulled off a stunning heist, grabbing genes from an unsuspecting bacterium to replace those it had lost.Now Rutgers and other scientists have solved the mys...
The seemingly peaceful atmosphere in an organic garden on the University of Florida campus belies the battles happening among many of its tiniest inhabitants -- the insects. For entomologist Christine...
Bees' ability to forage decreases as air pollution increases
Bees' ability forage decreases air pollution increases
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2016/7/15
Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate needed food, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. The pollution...
Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' --by insects
Researchers oldest evidence farming insects
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2016/7/4
The team, led by Eric Roberts of James Cook University along with researchers from Ohio University, discovered the oldest known examples of "fungus gardens" in 25 million-year-old fossil termite ...