Fossil insect find, Zekuforma maculata, reveals a land-to-water experiment in evolution, rewriting 230 million years of true bug history.

– A single mutation makes ordinary bacteria into essential symbiotic bacteria that support survival of host stinkbug – The study of symbiotic relationships between plants, animals, and microorganisms, ...

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

Insect symbiosis with endosymbiotic bacteria represents a fundamental biological association that shapes insect ecology, evolution and adaptability. Across a diverse range of insect taxa, mutualistic ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

Host-symbiont interactions provide ideal models for exploring diverse evolutionary and ecological processes. These relationships, spanning the continuum from mutualism to parasitism, have profound ...

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

A change that occurs to the carrier of genetic information in an organism (often genetic DNA). This includes various changes, such as base substitution, insertion, deletion, inversion or translocation ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

entmain copy 39088019137645 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents 1. The evolution of ideas on insect metamorphosis -- 2. A spectacular diversity of forms and ...