(Phys.org)—new paper by researchers at the University of Notre Dame provides new insights into speciation, which is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 18, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(AP)—Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America weeks earlier than in decades past, and research indicates that higher temperatures in their winter habitat may be the reason.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 18, 2013 not rated yet 1

A new discovery promises to allow expanded use of a mainstay biological pest control method, which avoids the health, environmental and pest-resistance concerns of traditional insecticides, scientists are reporting. The advance ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

There are more than 3,000 species of ter­mites in the world, all living in social colonies with dis­tinct hier­ar­chies. They can be dev­as­tating pests, with the ability to destroy entire build­ings. ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 12, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologists Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes, and Brandon University biologist David Greenwood, have discovered that modern tropical mountains' diversity ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 08, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 0 |

caught between larva and adulthood—status is all about being heard. The findings, reported online on February 7 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, add to evidence that ants can communicate abstra ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 07, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Like a self-absorbed teenager, insects spend a lot of time grooming.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A team of scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. The researchers, including two Spanish biologists, have ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 31, 2013 not rated yet 0

The European Commission said Monday it would draw up "stringent" measures to protect bees from dangers attributed to certain pesticides, but pulled back from an anticipated ban.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 28, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 1

To help decision makers mitigate the consequence of alien plant and animal invasion, an EU-wide database maintains a black list of these unwelcome biological invaders.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 28, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1

Biopesticides containing beneficial fungi are often grown on grains or other solids, but U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have shown a liquid diet can work better.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Being able to choose the sex of their babies may be the key to the complex societies built by ants, bees, and wasps, according to Oxford University scientists.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The European Commission hinted on Wednesday that it could ban several insecticides, some made by German chemicals giant Bayer, after scientists found disturbing evidence of harm to bees.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

Common practice for the monitoring of insecticides in water resources reveals shortcomings. This is shown by a current study conducted by the Landau-based Institute of Environmental Sciences of the University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

An international research consortium, led by Fujian Agriculture, Forestry University (FAFU) and BGI, has completed the first genome sequence of the diamondback moth (DBM), the most destructive pest of brassica crops. This w ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 13, 2013 not rated yet 0 |