Some trees are more or less living spectacles that greet the world with colorful flowers and fruit. This eye-catching arbor is one such example.

As well as deterring pests, they also have a negative effect on the fitness of insects that feed on chemically defended leaves. The analysis revealed that the fungus itself produces an effective ...

Learn how certain flies, wasps, spiders, and other beneficial garden insects can keep garden pest populations in check and strengthen your backyard ecosystem. Our gardens are home to many natural ...

The findings revealed that, although the males display typical stick insect morphology and mating behaviors, they do not produce functional sperm. This means that sexual reproduction cannot be ...

The team, including scientists from the National Institute for Basic Biology, Kobe University, and Fukushima University, focused on a species of stick insect called Ramulus mikado, found in Japan.

However, because rare males are so rare, they have not been studied much. Many species of stick insects, familiar insects with branch-like shapes, are known to reproduce parthenogenetically. Most of ...

Nosil studied walking-stick insects in southern California--insects that often exhibit colours and patterns that match their host plants. By moving some insects from their customary host plant and ...

The scientific order Phasmatodea, or stick and leaf insects, is known for a variety of camouflage that allows the animals to blend in with their surroundings. They diversified after the dinosaurs went ...

Following Trump’s US re-election and the rising tide of the far right around the world, we ask how progressive parties and organisations can mobilise design and storytelling in response ...

Dr. William Hamilton, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, proposed that bright autumn leaves contain a message: they warn insects to leave them alone. Dr. Hamilton's "leaf signal" ...