Whirligig beetles, the world's fastest-swimming insect, achieve surprising speeds by employing a strategy shared by fast-swimming marine mammals and waterfowl, according to a new study that rewrites ...
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Disease-carrying insects are spreading fast and experts say they’re adapting
Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the so-called kissing bug, a growing body of research shows that these vectors ...
Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...
If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...
Christopher Halsch has received funding from the USDA NIFA (2022-67011-36563). Eliza Grames receives funding from the National Science Foundation (DEB 2225092). Insects are all around us – an ant on ...
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through ...
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