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Researcher Discovers How Mosquitoes Integrate Vision and Smell to Track Victims

July 23, 2019

Scientists have found that mosquitoes are changing their hunting routines in response to host cues

Meet the Six-Legged Superfoods: Grasshoppers Top Insect Antioxidant-Rich List

July 15, 2019

Grasshoppers and silkworms have antioxidant capacity similar to fresh orange juice, says study

Study: Global Farming Trends Threaten Food Security

July 11, 2019

Monocultures are increasing worldwide, taking up more land than ever

Building up an Appetite for a New Kind of Grub

July 3, 2019

The benefits of increasing insect consumption have been widely explored, but not the technological and processing approaches ...

Meat-Eating Plant Discovered in Canada

June 10, 2019

In what is believed to be a first for North America, biologists discovered that meat-eating pitcher plants consume not just b...

Lab-Grown Insect Meat and the Future of Food

May 31, 2019

Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture, and plant-based me...

Would Cockroaches Really Survive a Nuclear Apocalypse?

February 27, 2019

Cockroaches have a reputation for resilience, even when it comes to surviving a nuclear bomb and radiation

Protecting the Field of Dreams

January 29, 2019

Engineers will develop sensors that know when cornfields are getting attacked by insects or weeds

Termites Mitigate Effects of Drought in Tropical Rainforests

January 11, 2019

Termites play an important role in the ecosystem as decomposers and facilitate nutrient cycling, enhance soil moisture and af...

CRISPR-Based Technology Controls Pests with Precision-Guided Genetics

January 8, 2019

CRISPR-based method sterilizes male insects for population suppression of agricultural pests and disease-carrying mosquitoes...

Newborn Insects Trapped in Amber Show First Fossil Evidence of How to Crack an Egg

January 1, 2019

The new findings give scientists evidence on how tiny insects broke the barrier separating them from life

When 'Alien' Insects Attack Antarctica

December 21, 2018

Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species

Mosquitoes, Other Blood-Sucking Flies Have Been Spreading Malaria for Up to 100 Million Years

November 28, 2018

The microorganisms that cause malaria, leishmaniasis, and a variety of other illnesses today can be traced back at least to t...

Human Pharmaceuticals Change Cricket Personality

November 19, 2018

Individuals in many animal species show different personality types—some individuals are consistently bolder than other...

Sequencing Pollen DNA to Discover Insect Migratory Routes

November 12, 2018

A new study shows that transcontinental pollination mediated by migrating insects is possible

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