The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has ...

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, ...

Since the beginning of winter, seven children have died from the cold in the Gaza Strip, according to local health authorities. On January 14, the American human rights organization Physicians for ...

Inoculating crops with beneficial rhizobacteria has been shown to reduce insect pest damage by priming natural plant defence pathways. Certain bacterial strains can activate internal defence ...

Experts from the University of Kentucky have found evidence of microplastics in the bodies of an insect in Antarctica. In the study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, the ...

The vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti is directly influenced by its high reproductive output. Nevertheless, females are restricted to a single mating event, sufficient to acquire enough sperm to ...

An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 17, 2025) The widespread use of pesticides year-after-year, decade-after-decade, has been found to lead to unintended consequences not only for public health but also for ...

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 ...

The mating game in the animal kingdom is nothing less than fascinating and somewhat weird. Some species pierce, clone, chew, or even fake their way through the mating process. To make survival ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2025) A research article in Biology Letters, published by The Royal Society, finds that the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid disrupts survival and reproductive ...