And – as I have shown in a new study – you’d be absolutely right. That’s because these may be the world’s laziest insects. I ...

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

However, regulations and perceptions are more flexible when it comes to using insects for animal feed,” Dr. Pattanapong Tiwasing, an assistant professor in sustainable innovation at the University of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Adult wasps don’t eat the prey they kill - they feed it to their young, known as larvae. Social species capture insects, chop them up and carry parts back to the nest. Some solitary species are more ...

Insects that overwinter in northern Illinois beneath the ground or in some rotting log or leaf litter, rely on asters to get the nourishment they need this time of year to fatten before they go ...

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