Beetles in a bottle: a message from aliens to schools
While invasive alien species (IAS) represent a growing threat to global biodiversity and ecosystems, public awareness of them hasn’t seen ...
Tag: beetles
A dual symbiosis supports cuticle formation in wood-feeding beetles
Beetles usually rely on the help of bacterial partners to survive. These symbioses can have different functions. Bacterial symbionts may ...
Fossils reveal the long-term relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles
New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago, showing ...
Male beetles neglect their genomes when competing for females
Male beetles face a trade-off between competing with other males for mating opportunities and repairing damage to their sperm DNA, ...
Research Brief: Jewel beetles evolve to see new colors by duplicating their genes
Jewel beetles are striking insects, easily recognized by their vivid colors and metallic sheen. Possessing large, well-developed eyes, jewel beetles ...
Conifer-killing beetles use smell of beneficial fungus to select host trees
Eurasian spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) burrow into the bark of Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees where they mate and ...
Symbiotic fungi transform terpenes from spruce resin into attractants for bark beetles
The mass outbreaks of bark beetles observed in recent years have caused shocking amounts of forest damage throughout Germany. As ...
Ambrosia beetles breed and maintain their own food fungi
Ambrosia beetles practice active agriculture: A bark beetle species breeds and cultivates food fungi in its nests and ensures that ...
Differences in fungus found in reared and wild ambrosia beetles suggest artificial method to prevent wilt disease in trees
A recent study in Japan has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those ...
Beetles rely on unique ‘back pockets’ to keep bacterial symbionts safe during metamorphosis
Beetles of the genus Lagria need a little help from their bacterial friends throughout their immature life stages. But keeping ...
The novel flight style that helps the smallest beetles to excel
An international team of researchers describes in detail the mechanisms of the extraordinarily fast flight of the smallest free-living insects, beetles ...
Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 23, 2021—In California’s Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found ...
Increased CO2 in the atmosphere makes dung beetles smaller
Climate change is a truth of the 21st century that is difficult to avoid. The burning of fossil fuels in ...
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Multiple sclerosis more prevalent in Black Americans than previously thought
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UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
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Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
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American Indian and Alaska native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
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University of Sydney launches innovative research fellowship scheme to tackle global challenges
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal