Bamboo Borer Beetles Keep a Strict Afternoon Schedule for Emergence and Flight
New field and laboratory research shows that the bamboo borer Dinoderus minutus emerges around 14:00 and takes flight around 16:00, ...
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Birds and Mammals Still Dominate Ecology Research Despite Two Decades of Warnings
A sweeping analysis of nearly 1.4 million papers confirms that vertebrates dominate ecology and evolution research and attract more attention ...
From Sloth Fur to Wound Care: The Hidden Ways Vertebrates Depend on Insects
A new review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity documents how vertebrates from sloths to chimpanzees rely on insects for food, shelter, ...
Rice stink bug genome decoded in Arkansas, arming scientists against a costly grain pest
Arkansas researchers have assembled the first chromosome-scale reference genome of the rice stink bug, identifying more than 13,000 genes linked ...
AI Framework Reads Insect Clues Like an Expert to Identify Crop Pests
A new vision–language framework called CLARiF combines diagnostic captioning, part-level segmentation, and retrieval-informed re-ranking to achieve state-of-the-art fine-grained pest recognition ...
Infrared Light and Machine Learning Reveal Which Animals Mosquitoes Bite
Researchers have shown that mid-infrared spectroscopy combined with machine learning can rapidly and cheaply identify the host species of Culex ...
Common Bacterium Found Widespread in Italian Sand Flies Could Aid Disease Control
A three-year survey of sand flies in Northern Italy found that nearly 40 percent carry a single Wolbachia Supergroup B ...
Fern-Feeding Wasp’s Scent Genes Revealed in First Transcriptome Study
Researchers have identified 90 chemosensory genes in the adult transcriptome of Rhoptroceros cyatheae, a wasp that threatens the endangered tree ...
Late Planting and Excess Nitrogen Supercharge Cotton’s Worst Whitefly Outbreaks
A two-year Indian field study shows that sowing cotton late and applying nitrogen above recommended rates raises whitefly populations by ...
Forest Dung Beetles Steer Straighter When the Night Sky Shines Above
New planetarium experiments show that the European forest dung beetle moves faster and in straighter paths when stars, the Milky ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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