A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An early ancestor of the cockroach that lived around 300 million years ago is unveiled in unprecedented detail in a new three-dimensional 'virtual fossil' model, in research published today in the journal ...
Archaeology
Apr 13, 2010
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Any way you look at it -- by sheer weight, species diversity or population -- the hard-shelled, joint-legged creepy crawlies called arthropods dominate planet Earth. Because of their success and importance, scientists have ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2010
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New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.
Evolution
Dec 24, 2009
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A study by scientists from the University of Valencia sheds new light on how the cockroach organism works. A research team from the Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, led by professors Amparo ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What life form can use materials as nutrients that we, and most other animals, would consider waste products?
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough by scientists at Cambridge University may terminate the threat of termites, cockroaches and other pests such as ants and locusts - responsible for billions of pounds worth of damage to homes, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many insects have been known for decades to hold their breath when resting, but the reasons have not been well understood. A new study on cockroaches suggests the insects reduce their breathing to conserve ...
The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2009
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Have you ever seen a three-foot dragonfly? Where such gigantic insects once dominated earth, now only diminutive cousins remain. What created these differences? Elyse Munoz, a junior majoring in biology in the College of ...
Other
Sep 7, 2009
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