The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

These similarities enable researchers to predict stick insect evolution, even when the critters have evolved independently from one another for tens of millions of years, according to the new ...

In the insect world things are often not what they seem, especially if you're a hungry predator. For 250 million years, insects have survived because they often appear to be something other than ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...

With a rich and well understood natural history and a long tradition of being used to address fundamental issues in development, neuroscience, behaviour, ecology and evolution, social insects are ...

For more than a century, researchers have argued over the evolutionary origin of insect wings. Although many hypotheses ... Moreover, she adds, the origin of wings is not the only facet of their ...

Insects are "the little things that run the planet." Just ask Doug Tallamy, New York Times best-selling author and one of your professors. Conserving insects is the first step towards protecting the ...

At the ISEE lab, we integrate bottom-up (focused on specific interactions) and top-down (addressing broader community and ecosystem dynamics) approaches to investigate how symbiotic micro-organisms ...