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 ...

Maybe you have lice and he has lice, and you’ve all had lice for weeks. The possibility is frightening. The uncertainty leads ...

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

Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the poisons that people use to kill them. In some African locales, Anopheles is already ...

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

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

A tiny wingless fly has been hiding a biological secret that baffles scientists. Its survival toolkit shouldn't exist.

Scientific consensus is that high oxygen levels allowed these humongous fliers to exist, but a new study throws that idea ...

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