This event showcases the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), an environmentally friendly method used by the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre, is used to control devastating fruit flies in Latin America and the ...

In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the Bremer Ranges of ...

Austin Baker and his team at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are leading an ambitious effort to DNA-barcode every insect species in California as part of the statewide CalATBI ...

Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound with a medicinal ...

Few creatures in nature can camouflage themselves as convincingly as a group of insects known as “walking leaves.” Using specimens from museum and private collections, researchers have identified ...

In vertebrates, calcium is stored in bones, and its release is tightly regulated. Now, using fruit flies as a model organism, researchers at University of Tsukuba have shown that even animals without ...

Most people look forward to fall for the football, pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters. I look forward to the bugs. Insects and spiders have been a hyper-fixation of mine ever since I started using ...

What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — These fluffy insects may look soft and cuddly, but as one of the most venomous caterpillars in the country, they pack a serious punch. The puss caterpillar, which eventually grows ...

Forget robot wolves and missile-deflecting satellites — those things are already becoming old news. Instead, future wars just might revolve around insect-size spy robots. A recent digest of ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America ...