While sexual reproduction is the predominant strategy among animals, some species have evolved the ability to reproduce asexually ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

regulating insect behavior, lifecycle, and physiology by binding to receptors on cell surface. As a typical natural predator of agricultural pests, the lady beetle, Coccinella septempunctata, has been ...

Insects add to the overall environment in Aloft, but they can also help you with crafting. Whether you need insects to improve the health of an ecosystem or you’re foraging for honey, insects ...

We’ve all seen insects swarm towards a source of light at night like, well, like a moth to a flame. Notably, insects seem to only be attracted to artificial light sources. It’s not like they fly ...

“It tastes like sunflower seeds,” says Hoo Ee Ming, owner of the Grains & Leaf hawker stall in the basement of Singapore’s Golden Mile Food Centre, casually tossing a cricket in his mouth as ...

The advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago increased the availability of affordable, energy-dense, palatable food, resulting in a substantial effect on the evolutionary physiology of hunger that ...

The work is published in the Biodiversity Data Journal. The aquatic insect is small, with its wings less than 5 mm long. Its name, "lumbardhi," honors the local Albanian name for the river ...

No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...

Stick bugs are a fascinating insect variety. They have uniquely camouflaged bodies that make them fun models in science education. But their eating habits can devastate trees and damage forests.

In a study that could transform agricultural pest management, researchers have uncovered the robust insect resistance mechanisms of Solanum habrochaites, a wild tomato species. By unraveling the ...

The number of brown hairstreak butterflies on a nature reserve is stable, a wildlife trust says. Active worker bumblebees were spotted in Scotland over the Christmas break. Examining captured ...