The Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology, colloquially known as Insect Scholars, aims to provide undergraduates with closely mentored research experience in biology. The program offers 10 to 12 ...

Experts in insect taxonomy “threatened by extinction” reveals the first European Red List of Taxonomists Expertise tends to be particularly poor in the countries with the richest biodiversity ...

ALMOST any collection of freshwater animals will contain a high proportion of insects in the larval or nymphal stage,and a number of these cannot, at present, be named with certainty. The work of ...

European Red List of Insect Taxonomists, cover. Illustration: Fragrant Bumble Bee (Bombus fragrans) by Denitsa Peneva. Entomologist examining a small insect under a microscope. Image by anton ...

Object Details Author Foottit, R (Robert G.) Adler, Peter H (Peter Holdridge) 1954-Contents The importance of insects / Geoffrey G.E. Scudder -- Insect biodiversity in the Nearctic region / Hugh V.

Taxonomy is more than just naming things; it is the art and science of classification. Frank Zachos, who helped develop the principles at the workshop in Australia, describes taxonomy as perhaps ...

Taxonomy is the science that attempts to categorise the many millions of species on Earth. Find out how to define taxonomy, what taxonomists do and why classifying life is so important. The definition ...

The answer is C, and Mississippi State insect experts say the unusual ambient noise will likely be gone by summer. In addition to the insects themselves, the emergence of a periodical 13-year cicada ...

Anophthalmus hitleri is a small, amber-colored beetle native to a few damp caves in Slovenia. It has one glaring problem. Specimens of Anophthalmus hitleri, a beetle named 86 years ago by an ...