Flowery diets help predatory insects help farmers keep pests in check
Syrphids on Chamomile. Credit: University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science Predatory insects have been...
Amber-encased fossil shines light on evolution of bioluminescent insects
Artistic reconstruction of Cretophengodes azari male and female in the undergrowth of a Cretaceous rainforest....
How insects activate muscles to adapt to limbs removed
IMAGE: Intact cricket walking (top) and walking after both middle leg amputation (bottom). The left panels...
Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world’s insects
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The world's vital insect kingdom is undergoing "death by a thousand...
Charles Darwin was right about why insects are losing the ability to fly
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Most insects can fly. Yet scores of species have lost that...
Scary insects for Halloween: the bloodthirsty calyptra
The Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger is an opportunistic feeder that has fed on the blood of...
Ogre-faced spiders catch insects out of the air using sound
Some spiders wait for prey to come and tickle their web. But the ogre-faced spider...
The ur-Iris likely had purple flowers, pollinated by insects for nectar
IMAGE: Selected Iris species. (A) I. atropurpurea; (B) I. bismarckiana; (C) I. fulva; (D) I. historio;...