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 ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

New environments. New challenges. New insects. National Geographic’s A Real Bug’s Life is back for a second season full of tiny insects attempting to survive in vast and complex worlds. Dr. Tim ...

Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

A dragonfly begins its life in the water. Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with ...

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...

From a praying mantis braving a suburban Texas backyard to a beetle’s first day in the African savannah, National Geographic's A Real Bug's Life — narrated by Awkwafina — takes audiences through the ...

A species of remipede known from the Caicos Islands. The photograph was taken by a member of a multinational team looking for rare species. Remipedes are crustaceans that are close relatives to ...

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native ...