Normally, animals get their DNA from their parents. But a new study shows that they can also get genes from another species. In fact, animals can even take genes from creatures outside of the animal ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 90, No. 3 (Sep., 2007), pp. 419-425 (7 pages) Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Buren) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), are abundant in many agroecosystems in the ...

Aphids can be a gardener’s nightmare. But they may be an evolutionary biologist’s dream. Because they’re pioneers in the history of life on Earth. For one thing, they’re now the only known animals to ...

Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Symbiotic ants ...

When I see garden pests like aphids and caterpillars in our garden I don’t spring into action with some antidote. I don’t spray chemicals anymore, and I even hesitate to use soap spray or some other ...

There’s a reason your parents kept after you to eat your carrots. The vegetables (and lots of others, too) supply carotenoids, compounds that are good for vision and overall health. Animals, humans ...

This group of pea aphids has both the red and the green forms of the aphids. The big red aphid toward the top of the photo is giving birth. This photo, Red and Green Pea Aphids, may only be used to ...

One of the worst effects of ant infestation doesn’t happen inside your house or on your picnic blanket. It takes place in farms and gardens, where many species of ants tend to herds of aphids. These ...

Aphids may be the only animals that can get a colorful type of nutrient without having to eat their veggies. The sap-sucking insects manage this unexpected feat thanks to ancestors that incorporated ...

The insects known as aphids can make their own essential nutrients called carotenoids, according to new research. No other animals are known to make the potent antioxidants, which are crucial for life ...

Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Ants and aphids ...