Most animals reach an adult size, then spend the rest of their lives maintaining it. After maturity, their energy goes toward ...

Insect demography and life table studies constitute vital tools in understanding population dynamics, providing quantitative insights into survival, development, and reproduction across different life ...

Rising global temperatures are changing the rules for survival—and reproduction—for many species. A new study from Saint Louis University reveals that predicting which species will persist under ...

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these species, rare males occasionally appear. Whether these males retain ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive A veery gets ready to rise into ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Insect Growth Regulators Market - Forecasts from 2018 to 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global insect growth regulators market ...

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock and poultry sectors, the growing demand for insect-based protein in animal feed and pet food applications, the high nutritional value and ...