Discovery reveals a previously undocumented 30-million-year gap in dragonfly evolution. For the first time in Canadian paleontology, a fossilized dragonfly wing from the Cretaceous period has been identified as a new species. Found in Alberta’Read More
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Scientists have created a groundbreaking bee “superfood” by engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols normally found in pollen. Colonies given this lab-made diet reared up to 15 times more young than those on standard feeds, Read More
Invertebrates, including insects, are poorly represented on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. The Red List, the world’s most comprehensive information source on global conservation status, is dominated by Read More
Bed bug and cockroach genomes reveal how they spread in urban areas and resist insecticides, potentially guiding better pest control strategies. Summary Recent genome sequencing of bed bugs and cockroaches has unveiled genetic adaptations that Read More
Ability may help treehoppers distinguish friend from foe Summary Treehoppers, tiny insects with elaborate helmet-like protrusions, possess a surprising ability: they can differentiate between the vibrations of friendly ants (with whom they have a mutualistic Read More







