Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...
To catch bugs in Heartopia, you'll need to equip your green bubble wand and click/tap the wand icon or press "F" on PC to ...
Courtship in the insect world is an intricate and fascinating process, shaped by millions of years of evolution. Insects communicate love through light, sound, scent, and movement , and sometimes even ...
Across Florida, winged clouds of termites are rising from lawns, seawalls and tree canopies, and scientists say the insects ...
From fruit flies to snake venom, evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll explains what drives evolution. How does evolution invent entirely new things, like limbs, wings, and venom? Evolutionary biologist ...
Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...
The earwig’s delicate, paper-thin wings open to more than ten times their folded size, thanks to its origami-like creases. ETH ZÜRICH and Purdue University Image As the microscopic, tear-shaped ...
WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were ...