Physics Reveal How Fire Ant Rafts Can Help Design Robots That Fix Damaged Spots

Medicine & Technology Mar 03, 2022

Fire ant rafts can help devise robots that will work together to fix damaged spots. Find out how the rafts, through treadmilling transform to become beneficial.

Half Male, Half Female Stick Insect Discovered, The First Reported Dual-Sex of Its Kind

Feb 17, 2022

The Natural History Museum confirmed that the pet stick insect named Charlie is of dual sex, displaying the bright green body of a female and the brown wings of a male.

New ‘Incredibly Rare’ Insect Species Discovered, Leafhopper’s Closest Relative Last Seen in 1969

Jan 28, 2022

A British researcher had recently detected a new species belonging to a group of insects so unusual that it is nearest relative was seen during the late 1960s.

Dragonflies Could Potentially Replace Pesticides, Algerian Biologist Suggests

Dec 29, 2021

Dragonflies are listed as at risk of extinction by IUCN in its alarming new assessment. But an Algerian biologist has found that these insects can potentially serve as a natural pesticide.

Population of Tiny Bark Beetles are Booming: A Bad News for the Pine Trees in the Sierra Nevada

Dec 19, 2021

How can something so small as bark beetles destroy something so big? Climate change has caused the insect population to bloom and now threatens more pine trees in the Sierra Nevada.

Should We Throw Food Flies Have Landed On? Possible Effects on Human Health Revealed

Nov 09, 2021

Imagine this scenario: You're at a gathering and are just about to eat your sandwich. You Suddenly spot a fly headed your way, landing on your food with support from its complex eyes and antennae.

Ant Social Parasitism: Plot Twists in the Origins and Evolution of These Tiny Animals Revealed

Sep 30, 2021

A researcher can now tell of a story that's 30 million years in the making, the evolution of social parasitism in ants also known as a myrmecological marvel.

Ant Teeth: Scientists Reveal How They Can Help in the Development of Gadgets

Sep 06, 2021

Every time an ant is biting into something, the force is ideally spread throughout its teeth brought by zinc atoms’ equal dispersal.

Pollinators' Color Preference Influences Flowers' Color Signals for Pollination; Flowers Compete Over Bees, Flies via Color Evolution

Sep 03, 2021

Fly pollinators help plants pollinate as much as bees and butterflies do. They sense and use color to shape the types of flowers that are present today.

Edible Insects, Anyone? This Entrepreneur Makes Pizza Dough from Scratch, Includes Cricket Powder in Ingredients

Jul 15, 2021

An entrepreneur is making pizza dough from scratch by mixing together flour, yeast, some salt, olive oil, and something that's quite extraordinary-ground cricket powder.

Froghoppers Can Generate Extremely Negative Pressures, Making Them the Animal World's Super-Suckers

Jul 14, 2021

A new study showed that froghoppers are piercing plants using their mouthparts to feed exclusively on xylem sap, a fluid made mostly of water that moves through the internal plumbing of plants.

Male Dragonflies Experience 'Wing Pigmentation' in Regions with Hotter Climates

Jul 06, 2021

A new study recently found that male dragonflies are experiencing sing pigmentation in regions with hotter climates.

Have You Seen the Giant Australian Wood Moth? It’s Here and It’s Huge!

May 05, 2021

Workers at a construction site for a set of new classrooms in the Mount Cotton State School in South Queensland, Australia discovered a rare giant wood moth that has startled onlookers.

Novel Amphibious Centipede Named After Local Gods Discovered, First for Japan in 143 Years

Apr 19, 2021

A large amphibious centipede has been discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan, measuring 20 cm (7.9 inches) in length and the first of its kind found in Japan for 143 years.

Indian Jumping Ants Shrink, Regrow Their Brains to Become Queen of the Colony

Apr 14, 2021

When the queen of the Indian jumping ants colony dies, the ants undergo a reversible process of shrinking their brains in a chance to become the new queen. It is an unknown behavior that has never seen before in any insects.