The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...

Unsustainable tourism is proving costly for the delicate ecological balance of the Bhandardara region in Maharashtra’s ...

Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a serious punch ...

The work of Elya, De Fine Licht, and others has advanced understanding of how parasitic fungi control insect behavior. Their ...

After a summer filled with swarms of grasshoppers, experts are working proactively to educate gardeners ahead of next year’s ...

Traces of a rare butterfly species have been found in Hong Kong for the first time in over a decade, with experts expecting ...

The life cycle of a leaf is pretty magical,” said Andy Finton, a forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy in ...

Of the 119 insects collected from the rhinos, blowflies ( Diptera) and beetles ( Coleoptera) were the most abundant and useful for calculating the minimum postmortem interval for each rhino, the team ...

Hearing the humming of cicadas while gazing at the animals in the Kruger National Park (KNP) may set you in the mood for a real African safari, but the humming which is currently experienced in the ...

For the first time, scientists have tracked the dispersion of the Oropouche virus in the Brazilian Amazon region, an ...

Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, scientists investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations. The scientists found that exposure to non-fatal amounts of 57 percent of the ...

Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones—with detrimental effects on their foraging ...