Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

Nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an onslaught of insects.

By studying them, we’re not just learning about their world; we’re finding ways to make our own world more sustainable," Prof ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged ...

For Professor Michal Segoli of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, these tiny creatures are a lifelong fascination and the ...

However, very young falcons may catch flying insects and, occasionally ... Peregrines generally mate for life, returning each year to the same area and even the same nest. However, the female ...

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when someone died. 3. Insects were first used to solve a crime in 13th-century China The first documented case of insects being used in forensic work ...

A recent study provides insights into the life history and behaviour of the endemic Cape Autumn Widow butterfly (Dira clytus), a species endemic to South Africa.

Life cycles are as varied and diverse as life on Earth. Whether it's a mammal, like the arctic fox, or a bird, or a plant or an insect, different groups of organisms all have different kinds of ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what ... The authors of the new study predicted much of this based on the life cycles of the grasshoppers and the environmental conditions at the ...