Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex
The stick insect Timema monikense normally reproduces asexuallyVickery & Sandoval (Public domain) Two supposedly asexual…
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Fiber from crustaceans, insects, mushrooms promotes digestion
Who can forget the stomach-churning moments when "Survivor" contestants forced down crunchy insects, among other…
Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution
A team from the University of Leicester, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology and the Institute…
How Gene-Edited Insects Are Providing Food, Fuel and Waste Disposal
Insects have been making commercial inroads as feed for poultry, fish, pigs, cattle and even…
Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play
A fruit fly riding on a spinning carousel in a lab experimentTilman Triphan and Wolf…
Rare flower makes fake bee blood to lure pollinating insects
A jackal fly feeding on “fake blood” secreted by a Ceropegia gerrardii flowerAnnemarie Heiduk A…
Earth911 Inspiration: If Insects Were to Vanish
Today’s inspiration comes from American biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson: “If all mankind were…
Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?
In the early 1990s, when I was a Ph.D. student at the Free University of…
Microbe map reveals how hundreds of insects got their diets
Some insects have symbiotic relationships with microbesChris Hellier / Alamy Stock Photo Insects make up…
Insects are thriving in England’s rivers after fall in metal pollution
Pond skaters are a common insect in English riversHEATH MCDONALD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The diversity of…