A meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus). This species is widespread across most of Europe and is commonly used as a model organism in evolutionary biology. If an experiment is repeated ...

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Pollination is the process where pollen is transferred from one flower to another in order to allow fertilization, this is spread by wind, insects, or other animals. If pollination is not able to ...

Bees have long been celebrated for their intricate hives and precise navigation, but new research suggests their inner lives are even more sophisticated than many scientists assumed. In carefully ...

The fusion of a living beetle and a tiny control backpack, also known as cyborg beetle, enables insect free-flight study. Using such a system, researchers from Nanyang Technological University, ...

This article was originally published by Undark. Bees have long impressed the behavioral scientist Lars Chittka. In his lab at Queen Mary University of London, the pollinators have proved themselves ...

You’ve seen insects swarm around artificial lights. But new research suggests the reason why is not what you think. Many theories have been proposed to explain ...