Citizen science project ‘Insect Investigators’ takes scientists to regional schools to teach students to track and identify ...

Our world is changing with each passing minute. While humans may not recognize infinitesimal shifts in our environments, smaller creatures often do. These alterations can cause drastic harm to certain ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid has invaded two more Michigan counties, threatening trees in 11 counties total. VAN BUREN COUNTY, ...

Genetic biocontrol entails genetically modifying insects to curb their populations. The idea to suppress an insect population by flooding it with sterile males has been around for decades. Since ...

The ātaka (exquisite Olearia owlet moth) and the rō (giant stick insect) came in fourth and fifth, respectively. “Amidst strong competition, we are thrilled to secure the win for the velvet ...

The findings revealed that, although the males display typical stick insect morphology and mating behaviors, they do not produce functional sperm. This means that sexual reproduction cannot be ...

There’s a hilarious new bug in Overwatch 2 Season 15 that’s giving Doomfist more drip than ever before. Amusingly enough, players don’t want Blizzard to fix this one anytime soon. Of course ...

Data from NHS England showed 1,160 patients a day on average were in hospital with the vomiting bug last week – double ... It can also stick around on surfaces so it is thought likely some ...

Local officials hope that attaching a bounty to the insects will reduce cases of dengue fever, which has killed two young students in the village. Residents will get a reward of one Philippines pe ...

Citrus greening might not sound particularly deadly, but this disease, spread by a tiny insect called the Asian citrus psyllid, is the biggest threat facing citrus growers around the world. While it ...

However, because rare males are so rare, they have not been studied much. Many species of stick insects, familiar insects with branch-like shapes, are known to reproduce parthenogenetically. Most of ...

Nosil studied walking-stick insects in southern California--insects that often exhibit colours and patterns that match their host plants. By moving some insects from their customary host plant and ...