Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

Insects typically have varied and intriguing life cycles that are truly insightful to study. But how long do they live? Believe it or not, the answer can vary from just a few days to decades.

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when someone died. 3. Insects were first used to solve a crime in 13th-century China The first documented case of insects being used in forensic work ...

By studying them, we’re not just learning about their world; we’re finding ways to make our own world more sustainable," Prof ...

However, very young falcons may catch flying insects and, occasionally ... Peregrines generally mate for life, returning each year to the same area and even the same nest. However, the female ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

Nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an onslaught of insects.

New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study by ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what ... The authors of the new study predicted much of this based on the life cycles of the grasshoppers and the environmental conditions at the ...