Insects outnumber humans, and indeed almost all animals, in the number of organisms belonging to this class. Scientists say they make up over 950,000 insect species, with about 25,000 being bees, ...
Research from Monash University explores how rising temperatures and growing urban environments can affect behavior in native ...
The field of insect molecular genetics and physiology explores the complex genetic and biochemical networks that govern insect development, adaptation and homeostasis. With Drosophila melanogaster as ...
The study of α-amylase inhibitors and digestive enzymes in insect larvae offers crucial insights into insect physiology and crop protection. Insect larvae rely on α-amylase to hydrolyse starch, a ...
Recent research shows that insects and humans have something surprising in common: Some six-legged species take in oxygen using a similar means to the way we fill our lungs. Scientists from the Field ...
SERCMAI copy 39088009135252 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Fay & Michael Bidlack in memory of Jean Sylvia Mon-Bidlack on October 14, 2019. Foreword / Richard ...
Insect-killing bacteria typically release toxins to slay their hosts. The bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens, for example, pumps insect larvae full of the lethal 'Makes caterpillars floppy 1' (Mcf1) ...
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