After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

Scientists have uncovered a set of neurons in fruit flies that shut down in cold temperatures and slow reproduction, a system conserved in many insects, including mosquitoes, which could provide a ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

Entomologists have identified a neuropeptide named natalisin that regulates the sexual activity and reproductive ability of insects. The finding may open new possibilities for environmentally friendly ...

A new UC Davis study reveals previously unknown cell types in the female reproductive tract of Drosophila fruit flies. The knowledge could help in studies of fertility in general, and in managing ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

Osaka, Japan – As the days grow shorter, many animals prepare for the approaching winter by suspending reproduction. Insects, for example, accumulate energy stores while halting ovarian development ...

“What we know is that you’re now having cases of malaria and West Nile virus that are now here in the U.S.,” she said. “As climate changes, you’re going to have a shift or move and this is going to ...

Large numbers of insect species in the Amazon rainforest may struggle to survive rising global temperatures, according to a sweeping scientific analysis examining the thermal tolerance of more than 2, ...