Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

近日，青岛农业大学植物医学学院教师张毅、王杏杏在昆虫学领域TOP期刊《Insect Science》连续发表两项重要研究成果，系统阐明了不同光照环境对豌豆蚜（Acyrthosiphon pisum）定位寄主和取食策略的影响及光谱组成对豌豆蚜的寄主定位、植株滞留及取食行为存在差异化调控。 蚜虫是全球范围内危害严重的农业害虫，其视觉系统在寄主定位和行为决策中扮演着关键角色。尽管黄板诱杀等基于光信号的防 ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny ...

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of ...

Entomologist Torsten Dikow, a leading expert on assassin flies, is working to connect a global community of researchers through the democratization of insect science Emma Saaty Torsten Dikow overlooks ...

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music, and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...

Pro-environmental behavior increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research. Pro-environmental behaviour increases among school ...

There's nothing like coming home after a long day to the warm, glowing welcome of your front porch. Less enjoyable: being assaulted by the insects that are fluttering around the porch lights, just ...

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

As Pokémon turns 30, a video game inspired by insect-collecting continues to shape how scientists think and teach about bugs today.