Insects have a highly sensitive sense of smell. Extremely low concentrations of odour molecules in the air are sufficient to be detected by receptor neurons on their antennae. Specific proteins, ...

However, there is so much variation in this group of insects, given there are about 22,000 species in Australia. Moths ...

As bees' social behavior evolved, their complex chemical communication systems evolved in concert, according to a study published June 20 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

An ant of the species Iridomyrmex purpureus (center) lifts a leg in an aggressive display when she encounters ants from a different nest. Sebastian Pohl On August 12, 1886, Swiss scientist Auguste ...

A research team has developed a new method for actively controlling the breaking of chemical bonds by shining infrared lasers on tiny antennae. This research may have applications in improving the ...

New research on the Antennae Galaxies shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought -- 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years.

Cell biology researchers at the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery about two ciliary proteins that have previously been linked to diabetes, obesity and kidney ...

The location of the Monarch's overwintering site is in central Mexico North America's Monarch butterflies use a 24-hour "clock" in their antennae to help navigate the 4,000km to overwinter in Mexico, ...

It used to be the case that if you wanted a powerful telescope, you had to build it big — really big. But now, it’s possible to create a very powerful telescope by using multiple smaller antennae ...