This phylogenetic tree, built from genetic sequencing and fossil data, helps explain the relationships between different kinds of insects across millions of years of evolution. Led by the 1000 ...

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

Scientists combine evolution, physics, and robotics to decode insect flight Some insects' wings flap without brain input. Robots help us understand how.

Science | February 27, 2025. How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil. A bug, a dinosaur and a tree intersect, creating the perfect conditions for resin to capture a ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have created life-size 3D-printed insect models to explore how some species trick ...

Technology Wing-flapping robot helps explain the evolution of insect flight. Researchers built tiny robots that can switch between two different kinds of flight, one involving unusually fast wing ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

Our research studies the interactions between organisms and their abiotic, ecological and social environment. Insect Ecology and Adaptation - research group studies diverse topics of insect ecology ...

The intrepid insect, nicknamed a tree lobster because some grow to eight inches, seemed determined to prevent me from snapping a good picture as he raced about Mr. Kassel’s hands like a dog with ...