These Moths Smell Flowers Through Their Wings, Study Finds
Smell is a complicated thing for insects. Research has shown that, despite limited neural capabilities, insects depend on…
Scientists Discover Bizarre 100-Million-Year-Old Insect With Giant Claws
Preserved in amber: the newly discovered bug species Carcinonepa libererrantes. Credit: Haug Scientists have discovered a previously unknown…
Scientists Exposed Flies to Crushing Hypergravity. The Results Were Unexpected
Pests are, well, pesky because they simply won’t go away. And in a terrifying turn of events, scientists…
Hibernating Bumblebee Queens Can Actually Breathe Underwater Like Tiny Scuba Divers
Bombus impatiens queen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After…
A Christmas without insects means they are disappearing
The insects are disappearing — and with them the ecosystems that sustain life. Dr Simon Pockley reports. APART…
Harvard scientists tell a ‘hot’ story about beetles and plant sex
Flowers are often described as visual advertisements, using bright colors and strong scents to draw in insects. Yet…
Tardigrade communities in pristine, drained and restored pine mire forests | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (CBD/COP/15/L.25). 2022. https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-04-en.pdf Zak D, McInnes RJ. A call…
Evolutionary trends in the vertebral morphology of extant Delphinidae | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Disentangling the processes that drive the evolution of complex biological structures is a major aim of evolutionary biology.…
The 24, 2 hours initiative: a game changer in malaria mortality reduction | Malaria Journal
The Global Technical Strategy for Malaria calls for at least a 75% reduction by 2025 compared with 2015…
Malaria healthcare service utilization before, during, and 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 sub-Saharan African countries using Generalized Estimating Equation | Malaria Journal
Study design and data source Longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data drawn from two survey datasets: ‘Premise…
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Of the pectoral musculature, we have selected the five muscles (i.e., mm. deltoideus scapularis/major, pectoralis, supracoracoideus, coracobrachialis brevis…
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Comparison between permanent and temporary ponds This study assesses the bat use of permanent vs temporary ponds by…