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Published How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds - How Insects Navigate Microscale Winds to Track Odors
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Insects use odor plumes -- which travel like smoke and form when the wind blows odor molecules from ...
Published Scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings - Scientists Develop Insect-Sized Flying Robots with Flapping Wings
(via sciencedaily.com) A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed, using a new method of ele...
Published Protected areas fail to safeguard more than 75% of global insect species - Protected Areas Fail to Safeguard More Than 75% of Global Insect Species
(via sciencedaily.com) Insects play crucial roles in almost every ecosystem -- they pollinate more than 80% of plants and a ...
Published Climate change could lead to 'widespread chaos' for insect communities - Climate Change Could Lead to 'Widespread Chaos' for Insect Communities
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new...
Published Preventing vehicle crashes by learning from insects - Preventing Vehicle Crashes by Learning from Insects
(via sciencedaily.com) Despite only about 25% of car travel happening after dark, almost half of fatal accidents occur at n...
Published Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer - Weather Anomalies are Keeping Insects Active Longer
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Extreme weather events have affected moth and butterfly activity more than the average increase in g...
Published Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase number of insect species in cities
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source By increasing the diversity of indigenous plants in urban areas, researchers have seen a seven times...
Published Air pollution particles may be cause of dramatic drop in global insect numbers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers report that an insect's ability to find food and a mate is reduced when their antennae a ...
Published Aquatic insects in restored streams need more rocks to lay their eggs
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Likening it to providing more runways at busy airports, researchers at North Carolina State Universi...
Published Surprise discovery of tiny insect-killing worm
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called n ...
Published Hemp cannabinoids may have evolved to deter insect pests
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Cannabinoids, naturally occurring compounds found in hemp plants, may have evolved to deter pests fr...
Published Canopy gaps help eastern hemlock outlast invasive insect
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Creating physical gaps in the forest canopy give eastern hemlocks more access to resources and help...
Published Insects already had a variety of defense strategies in the Cretaceous
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect th ...
Published Millions of insects migrate through 30-meter Pyrenees pass
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Over 17 million insects migrate each year through a single mountain pass on the border between Franc ...
Published Meet the new insect killing Utah's fir trees
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West ...
Published New research sheds light on relationships between plants and insects in forest ecosystems
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwid ...
Published Consistent metabolism may prove costly for insects in saltier water
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Increased salinity usually spells trouble for freshwater insects like mayflies. A new study finds th ...
Published The sweet stuff: How insects tell sugars apart
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from re...
Published Super-fast insect urination powered by the physics of superpropulsion - Super-Fast Insect Urination Powered by the Physics of Superpropulsion
(via sciencedaily.com) Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. ...
Published Electrical synapses in the neural network of insects found to have unexpected role in controlling flight power - Electrical Synapses in the Neural Network of Insects Found to Have Unexpected Role in Controlling Flight Power
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A team of experimental neurobiologists and theoretical biologists has managed to solve a mystery tha...