Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

The study of insect cell culture has become a cornerstone of modern virology and biotechnology. With the ability to cultivate cells from a variety of insect species under controlled laboratory ...

The intricate interplay between insects and their microbiomes has emerged as a pivotal area of research, revealing that microbial communities not only underpin host nutrition and metabolism but also ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

They began blooming about mid-July. Since then, various species spread and filled the roadsides and fields with continuous flowers. Except for a white one that grows along the shores of Lake Superior, ...

Andy G Howe receives funding from the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Forest & Wood Products Australia. Since 2019, he is active with CSIRO Stem Professionals in Schools. Erinn ...

World Bog Day was celebrated around the world on July 23. I celebrated by hiking to an Alaskan bog, or muskeg, as they are colloquially known. This particular bog surrounded a small lake that was ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

The crisp chill of January might make you think the garden is asleep, but beneath the frost, the stage is already set for a summer invasion. Garden insects may be hibernating or hidden, but savvy ...

NH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books. This pathbreaking and stunningly illustrated book recovers the ...

There are so many insects in the world it’s impossible to comprehend their actual numbers. There are just too many of them! Even if you could picture how many are out there you wouldn’t want to. Their ...