While the prospect of fewer mosquitoes buzzing around might be compelling, insects play a crucial role in maintaining our ecosystems and supporting agriculture. Widespread use of insecticides has been ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn and feel. Courtesy of Charles I. Abramson, CC BY-ND ...

The intricate world of insect encounters represents a sophisticated biological interface where human vulnerability meets evolutionary survival mechanisms. Understanding these interactions requires a ...

Recent research has revealed a fascinating biological mechanism in fruit flies, where a single protein can drastically alter their feeding behavior, causing them to uncontrollably spill their guts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A total solar eclipse will darken the skies in parts of the United States on April 8, but people won’t be the only ones awed by ...

Two-hundred-fifty million years ago, an insect got hungry for a midnight snack. It chewed through the wide leaf of a now-extinct gigantopterid plant, sowing rows of rounded punctures. The holes were ...

Insects have evolved remarkably efficient strategies for navigation and foraging, employing a combination of innate behaviours and learned experiences to traverse complex environments. Their ...

A new study in the journal PLOS Biology finds that these humble insects can actually learn to solve puzzles from one another, suggesting that even some invertebrates like these social insects have a ...

Insect feeding behaviour is a complex interplay of anatomical specialisation and physiological processes that enable insects to exploit plant tissues for nutrients. A key tool in deciphering these ...