A team of researchers from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xiao-Liang Wang and Yi-Jian Yao), summarized all the available information on the insect species associated with the Tibetan medicinal ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2011
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It's been called "the Manhattan Project of Entomology," an undertaking that has the potential to revolutionize the way we think about insects.
Biotechnology
Jun 15, 2011
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Water spiders spend their entire lives under water, only venturing to the surface to replenish their diving bell air supply. Yet no one knew how long the spiders could remain submerged until Roger Seymour and Stefan Hetz ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2011
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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 mountains (from ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2011
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A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep felines indoors at night.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2011
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If you thought that we know everything about how the flea jumps, think again. In 1967, Henry Bennet-Clark discovered that fleas store the energy needed to catapult themselves into the air in an elastic pad made of resilin. ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2011
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German entomologists have now "resurrected" the fossil insect Mengea tertiara. Using high resolution micro-computer tomography the anatomy of an extinct insect was completely reconstructed three-dimensionally for the first ...
Archaeology
Jan 7, 2011
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A group of British children aged between eight and 10 had their school project on bees published by the prestigious Royal Society in a world scientific first, the society said Wednesday.
Other
Dec 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ant colony is the last place you'd expect to find a maths whiz, but University of Sydney researchers have shown that the humble ant is capable of solving difficult mathematical problems.
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2010
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A newly identified relationship between a fly and a weedy mustard-type plant promises to answer many long-standing questions surrounding the evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and their host plants.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2010
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