A laboratory accident at a Canadian university led to a discovery about one of North America’s most familiar pollinators.
Chicago said goodbye to its monarchs with tagging, tacos and Aztec dance. Next stop: Mexico, 2,500 miles away.
Whether they act weird, sound weird or seem like something out of a sci-fi novel, these animals are very strange indeed ...
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很多人心里有个算式:蜻蜓吃蚊子,蜻蜓少了,蚊子就该少了。可现实是——蜻蜓看不到,蚊子到处飞。2026年春天,国家疾控局提醒,登革热、基孔肯雅热等重点蚊媒传染病境外输入引发本地扩散的风险较往年上升;气候变暖、降水增多,让伊蚊在我国的孳生地不断扩大、流行 ...
A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just ...
The formation of complex terrestrial ecosystems was a significant innovation in the evolutionary history of life on Earth. This event signified the expansion of life beyond marine environments and ...
Reduced oxygen levels and air pressure at higher elevations may limit insects' ability to move upslope to escape a warming ...
The C. praecursor specimens were found inside calcareous claystone concretions in the Tesnus Formation of the Marathon Uplift ...
With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like ...
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried ...
In a quiet summer garden, a caterpillar perches on a branch, munching serenely on leaves. A moment later it freezes. It senses danger – and just in time. From behind, a wasp approaches, sizing up its ...