22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (443+ words) We aren’t the only humans to have called Earth ‘home’; before us there were dozens of human species and like us they travelled far and wide… For the last 40,000 years, we (Homo sapiens) have lived alone - the last humans standing…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (325+ words) Stillwater News Press Heat Advisory from SUN 12:00 PM CDT until SUN 7:00 PM CDT Entomology and Plant Pathology educator Andrine Shufran, one of the directors of Oklahoma State’s Plants and Bugs camp, teaches students about tarantulas. Jessica Marshall meets a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (587+ words) A team of researchers in China has sequenced the first complete mitochondrial genome of the jumping plant louse Bactericera gobica and, by combining it with nearly every other Triozidae mitogenome available, assembled the most comprehensive genetic dataset ever compiled for…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (502+ words) Australia’s effort to bring digging mammals back to an 8,000-hectare wildlife sanctuary has produced changes below the surface. Researchers studying Scotia Sanctuary in south-eastern Australia found that 8 years after reintroduced mammals were given access to areas, the communities of insects…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (211+ words) Sites’ work adds to decades of research at the university documenting Earth’s biodiversity through taxonomy and field exploration image: Robert Sites view more An entomologist at the University of Missouri has discovered two saucer bug species previously unknown to science,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (550+ words) Central Florida Ag News by DAVID AUSTIN, UF/IFAS Extension Highlands County When you walk outside on a warm, seemingly quiet evening and listen, you’re likely hearing not silence, but the buzzing of insects If that sound vanished, the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (321+ words) Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) on Wednesday wrapped up his visit to the UK by announcing plans for the launch next year of the Taiwan International Comics Festival, which he said would be curated by a British comics historian....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (926+ words) Tropical insects remain poorly tracked, but combining local knowledge, social media, and monitoring could guide better conservation worldwide. Insects rarely receive the same attention as larger animals, but human life depends on many of the jobs they do. They pollinate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) News Release | Research Sites’ work adds to decades of research at the university documenting Earth’s biodiversity through taxonomy and field exploration. An entomologist at the University of Missouri has discovered two saucer bug species previously unknown to science, adding to…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (513+ words) Home » Why should we care if there aren’t any squished insects on our windscreens? This summer you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car’s windscreen, compared to a road trip several years ago....