After meeting medical entomologists during his time serving in the United States Air Force, Thor Freeman, now a sophomore at the University of Delaware, became very aware of the risks that pests have ...

An insect ecology professor at the University of Kentucky explored her research on how bacteria affects spider reproduction during a March 20 lecture. The researcher, Jen White, presented her findings ...

A rare rainforest insect, Arota festae, starts life bright pink before slowly turning green, revealing a surprising ...

Insects around the world are expected to be thrown into chaos by the effects of man-made climate change. Changes in temperatures may throw off their delicate interactions with plants and other insect ...

Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Current issues in behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids -- 1. Optimal foraging behavior and efficient biological control methods / Nick J. Mills and Éric Wajnberg ...

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Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this forest consists of insects. These small creatures pollinate plants, recycle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — An insect renowned for its ability to light up summer nights, fireflies are now becoming increasingly ...