A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has found that some normally asexual species of stick insects, which are known to reproduce via ...

Insect pests spread diseases. Mosquitoes, for example, are responsible for the spread of malaria, which affected 247 million people in 2021 alone and caused over 600 000 deaths. Parasitic insect pests ...

PI: Reginald B. Cocroft Proposal # IOS-0820533 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Novel mechanisms of mate localization in plant-dwelling insects: an integration of behavior, neurobiology and biomechanics. Plant ...

Biocentis has secured a $19 million funding package to advance its genetically engineered insect technologies aimed at reducing the global health, agricultural, and biodiversity threats posed by ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...