A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...

Mixed corn hybrids are driving rapid wing evolution in corn earworm, producing high-altitude fliers that amplify resistance ...

Beetle wings are often hidden. Nestled behind armored shields on the beetle’s back, they unfurl in whirring sheets, whisking their clumsy owners from danger. Beetles don’t have more than two sets of ...

Discover incredible insects that look like leaves, flowers and twigs. See how nature’s smartest disguises help these bugs ...

Whiteflies are small, soft-bodied insects with wings, often causing yellowing leaves and the presence of sticky honeydew on plants. Aphids are tiny insects that can be identified by their long ...

The researchers compared the wing shapes of corn earworm moths raised on four different diets: a blend of toxic and non-toxic ...

The first mutation of the wingless gene was found by accident in Drosophila in the 1970s, following the observation of flies that did not possess wings, hence its name. Fifteen years after its ...

Though it’s only April, don’t be surprised if you have already seen a wasp or two. Are you starting to notice large reddish-brown insects with wings? This is most likely the Paper Wasp, a common Texas ...

“For me, it was a road-to-Damascus type of moment,” James Truman, an entomologist, told me, recalling an encounter when he was sixteen. “My family had a summer place, a trailer, on the shores of Lake ...

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