A European research team, with Spanish participation, has described two new beetle species measuring two millimetres in length. The coleoptera (beetles) were found in streams in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 31, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0

New findings of researchers from Tel-Aviv University show that predator-prey interactions between ground beetles of the genus Epomis and amphibians are much more complex than expected. The study was publis ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 20, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Aggressive male mating behavior might well be a successful reproductive strategy for the individual but it can drive the species to extinction, an international research team headed by evolutionary biologist Daniel Rankin ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 16, 2011 not rated yet 0

Darren Mann likes nothing better than getting his hands dirty. He’s at his happiest in the field with magnifying glass and notebook, delving into a fresh pile of poo. He is an insect expert and a specialist ...

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are playing a key role in efforts to contain the emerald ash borer's destructive march through the nation's forests.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 26, 2011 not rated yet 0

Costa Rica was once regarded as the poorest of all the colonies of the Spanish Empire, sadly deficient in the silver and gold so coveted by conquistadors. As it turns out, all of the glittering gold and silver ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Apr 25, 2011 5 / 5 (7) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Invasive species cost more than $100 billion a year in damages in the United States, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. While most researchers attribute their success to a lack of natural ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 12, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

A newly identified chemical sex attractant, or pheromone, of the emerald ash borer could mean improved traps for monitoring and controlling the tree-killing beetle. That's the goal of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 07, 2011 not rated yet 0

The arrays of fine adhesive hairs or 'setae' on the foot pads of many insects, lizards and spiders give them the ability to climb almost any natural surface. Research by James Bullock and Walter Federle from the University ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 05, 2011 not rated yet 0

Every parent with young children knows that couples need to work together to accomplish the myriad tasks waiting both at work and at home. But it may come as a surprise that fireflies also juggle their commitments ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 05, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

A University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could stretch across the Prairies and keep ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Non-native vegetation’s infiltration to the greater Southwest has caused its share of ecosystem concerns over the years. Now Heather Bateman is looking at the effectiveness of some of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 01, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research conducted by Georgia Southern University associate professor of biology Alan Harvey, Ph.D. along with former Georgia Southern University biology graduate student Sarah Zukoff will ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2011 3.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Using commercially available parts, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and colleagues have developed a new automated system for detecting insects based on the peculiar sounds the insects make while moving.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 23, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of a rugged darkling beetle that thrives in an arid region of the Chihuahuan Desert is being named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt on the 100th anniversary of a speech he gave ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 22, 2011 not rated yet 0