How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Perhaps the first thing you’ll notice is the enormous proboscis that sticks way out in front of its face. Then you may be struck by how much its rotund, furry body looks like a bee. And, in fact, its ...

Satire is a strong part of trying to understand why the world is as it is. Usually humorous, it poses, answers and reposes questions asked and unasked. What follows is a gentle bit of satire.

A dead mosquito's feeding tube costs about 80 cents. A commercial glass nozzle for high-resolution 3D printing runs around ...

A research team at UC Santa Barbara led by Professor Craig Montell identified the first known taste receptor in the mosquito gustatory system ...

Learn to identify and deal with spotted lanternfly eggs that this insect deposits on trees and other surfaces.

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are urging travelers to take extra precautious in five countries amid an outbreak of chikungunya, a virus that is transmitted by mosquito bites. The U.S. Centers for ...

We conducted a trial involving the release of male A. aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wAlbB strain of wolbachia bacteria for the control of dengue in Singapore, a tropical city-state. In this ...

You may have noticed more mosquitoes lately. They are not the shy type. They do not care about you trying to swat them. They perch on one part of your body, get hit, and simply move to the next. Their ...

In healthy ecosystems, mosquitoes feed on a wide range of animals, including birds, amphibians, and mammals. But when those ecosystems lose species, mosquitoes are left with fewer choices. New ...