For more than 60 years, evolutionary biologists have debated whether a unique genetic system found in ants, bees and wasps ...

Inside an ant colony, queens reproduce while workers care for young and maintain a society built around shared labor. For ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...

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Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how insects are masters of mimicry, and how a new study ...

Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossils from Australia's Talbragar beds reveal the oldest known midges in the Southern Hemisphere. (CREDIT: Gondwana Research) ...

Insect evolution is characterised by deep divergences and rapid radiations that have given rise to unparalleled terrestrial biodiversity. Phylogenetic analysis integrates molecular, morphological and ...

The world’s oldest known insect has been found lurking in a fossil-filled vault under a museum. The finding pushes back the origins of winged insects by 80 million years, and could shed light on the ...

The lowly stick insect has forced a rethink of one of the key rules of evolution – that complex anatomical features do not disappear and reappear over the course of time. Researchers have discovered ...