Many insects have lived in close symbiosis with bacteria for millions of years, during which time the bacteria have provided ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular function, and evolutionary analysis to offer a new perspective on plant–insect ...

Three hundred million years ago, dragonfly-like creatures with wingspans stretching 70 centimeters patrolled the skies of a ...

The video documents some of the strangest insects found in the United States, focusing on species with extreme shapes and ...

Defenseless symbiont: A new bacterium ( Sodalis praecaptivus) can destroy the millions-year-old mutualistic relationship ...

Scientists rethink why giant insects once ruled the skies, finding oxygen may not explain their size or disappearance.

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, ...

The problem with diffusion is that it’s notoriously slow. The oxygen constraint hypothesis argued that the larger the insect ...

Sodalis as a driver of symbiont replacementThe mutual dependence between insects and their bacterial symbionts ...

High in a South American rainforest canopy, scientists have discovered a bizarre new termite species that looks strikingly ...

What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a ...