He immediately began to draw connections to his research about the strange ways insects interact with their environments ...

Insects such as bees are crucial pollinators responsible for maintaining biodiversity and food security and have long been a ...

Previously, anti-disease programmes have been used to breed and release non-biting male mosquitoes that are either sterile ..

The summer crop of tomatoes was subjected to very hot weather and the hot weather supported a large population of spider ...

Behavioral strategies for foraging and reproduction in the oriental fruit fly ( Bactrocera dorsalis) are alternative options for resource allocation and are controlled by neuropeptides. Here we show ...

However, cattle outdoors are vulnerable to blood-feeding insects, including gadflies and cattle flies. Growing stress from the pain and itchiness caused by the biting bugs can decrease the animals ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting ... and ...

They pick fruits or vegetables, make food and feed insects with the leftovers. “This sparks curiosity and questions – like whether insects can eat certain items or even if they themselves can ...

A plague of biting insects in Ballykelly has been identified as mosquitos. Council environmental health officers had initially suspected bird fleas or midges. The story recalls a warning in July ...

The hedgehog's primary defense mechanism—curling into a spiny ball ... grow wild to attract everything a hedgehog needs to feed: insects, earthworms, snails, and slugs," she said.

UK researchers reveal Asaia bacteria's role in speeding mosquito larval growth, aiding global disease control efforts against ...