Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

The insects do not transmit diseases or sting humans, but there have been increasing public complaints about lovebugs sticking to car windows and the walls of houses, restaurants and subway trains.

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.

The VECTOR Library comes at a critically important time, as rising global temperatures are making it easier for disease-spreading vectors to increase their range and breeding seasons. For instance, ...

The US government is poised to open an unusual new facility in Texas by the end of the year: a "fly factory" designed to combat a flesh-eating parasite threatening American cattle. This $8.5 ...

In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers found the bogong moths use the starry sky as a guide to the caves in the Australian Alps.

It is present not just in the insect's haemolymph — comparable to blood — but also inside its egg cells. "The fungus enters the oocyte as it matures and is passed on to the next generation.

“How the insect produces laccaic acid has remained a source of mystery. For decades, scientists have unsuccessfully hunted for genes coding for its synthesis in the insect’s genome,” IISc said.

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 ...

While the Bogong moth is not the only insect to use the stars for guidance, it is the first to do so for long-distance journeys, scientists said.

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