Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...

Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ...

Periodical cicadas have one of the strangest life cycles in the animal kingdom. The 17-year cicadas spend 99.5% of their lives underground in an undeveloped nymph state, which is the longest strictly ...

A dragonfly begins its life in the water. Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with ...

Insects are arguably the most important animals on the planet. Their variety is unparalleled in nature, and they carry out vital tasks such as pollinating plants and providing food for other animals.

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.

A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher ...

Experts have accepted an estimate of around six million living insect species, an appraisal that has stood for the last 40 ...

LONDON (AP) — Cirque du Soleil's show "Ovo," Portuguese for "egg," brings to life a colorful ecosystem teeming with insects. Set around the arrival of a mysterious egg, the production explores the ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged creatures are responding to a warming world and to ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. In the study published in Environmental Entomology, researchers ...