A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

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Some entomologists estimate that in every decade, we lose 10–20% of the insect population on Earth. In addition, the world has lost 5% to 10% of all insect species in the last 150 years. Other studies ...

Binghamton University scientists review global insect decline research to uncover overlooked causes like war, weather, and ...

Insects make up more than three-quarters of all animal species. But that’s a slippery number because, although over 1 million species of insects have been described, we haven’t yet discovered ...

Some more interesting facts about these insect flights are their evolution. Unlike birds and bats, insects didn’t convert limbs into wings; instead, they evolved entirely new structures.

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

The RIKEN researchers hypothesized that insects could serve as living chemical factories, performing the types of chemical modifications to nanocarbons that are difficult to replicate in the ...

Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles ...

Many Westerners readily consume shrimp and lobster (which, like insects, are arthropods) along with pork and oysters—foods other cultures reject as dirty. "We have 200 to 300 staple foods that ...