Bumblebees May Self-Medicate when Their Colony Faces Fungal Pathogen
In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) exposed to…
Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants
More than 150 years after Charles Darwin first wondered whether certain sticky-leaved Saxifraga plants might be secretly carnivorous,…
Moths Can Smell With Their Wings, Researchers Say
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have found that moth wings are equipped with odor-detecting…
Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two-Million-Year Gap in Honeybee History
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the…
Bumblebees show emotions through facial expressions just like mammals – KTEN
Bumblebees show emotions through facial expressions just like mammals KTENDo bees have inner lives? Slow-motion video reveals bumblebee behaviour…
World’s Largest Island Rodent Eradication Sparks Remarkable Invertebrate Comeback
Lord Howe Island cockroach Panesthia lata, one of the species that rebounded following rodent eradication. Credit: Justin Gilligan…
Scientists Warn Many Insects May Not Survive a Warming World
A tropical rainforest in the Amazonian lowlands. Credit: Kim Lea Holzmann A sweeping study of tropical insects found…
Dragonflies and Humans Share Way of Seeing Red, New Research Shows
A newly-identified visual protein lets dragonflies detect deep red and near-infrared light using a mechanism strikingly similar to…
Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot-Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise
Entomologists in Panama have observed a leaf-masquerading katydid species that begins life bright pink before turning green days…
Entomologists Create Digital Library of Global Ant Diversity
Using powerful X-ray beams, automated robotics and AI, entomologists have created interactive digital images representing 212 genera and…
Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms
Fossils trapped in amber aren’t just beautiful, they may preserve real ecological interactions, including possible parasitism or commensal…