A new, jungle-proof automated light trap for insect monitoring documented in Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Integrative and Comparative Biology. The Mothbox is like a mammal trail camera but ...

Some types of bees are famous for their complex social structures. Honeybees, for instance, live in colonies with thousands of members, where each insect focuses on a specific job, such as caring for ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Go behind the scenes and meet Dr. Conrad Labandeira, a paleobiologist at the National Museum of Natural History. He studies the associations ...

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Amid the footsteps of dinosaurs and the rustle of ferns in the wind, the soundscape of Jurassic forests would have been filled with the musical chirps of cricket-like insects—and some of those calls ...

A tropical insect has been found to change color from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves of rainforest plants. The findings, published this ...