Researchers describe, for the first time, the structure of a smell-receptor protein common among insects. Its inner architecture illuminates how insects evolved to detect an amazing diversity of odors ...

Researchers have discovered a rule to predict an arthropod community structure based on the genomic variation in a foundation tree species Generally, spatial and temporal factors affect how ...

A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study. The team imaged live cells of fruit flies in the last ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

The mosquito, sworn enemy of exposed ankles and elbows, locates each bloody meal using a finely tuned sense of smell. Yet, not all insects can sniff out vulnerable flesh. Butterflies, for example, ...