Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

Certain signalling proteins, which are responsible for the development of innate immune function in almost all animals are also required for the formation of the dorsal-ventral (back-belly) axis in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The insect world teems with beautiful and dazzling species ...

Researchers who saved a collection containing about 200,000 creepy crawlers from destruction hope the specimens can be used to uncover the impacts of climate change on the critter's evolution. Decades ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, microbes and plants might have given insects an evolutionary advantage by passing genes to them through horizontal gene transfer. Researchers now report that more ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We integrate field data and phylogenetic comparative analyses to investigate causes of body size evolution and stasis in an old insect order: ...

What zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber -- insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient ...