A new species of giant marine insect named after Darth Vader
The head of Bathynomus vaderi. Credit: Nguyen Thanh Son. Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than ...
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Scientists now know what the head of the largest insect to ever crawl on Earth looked like
This illustration provided by researchers in October 2024 depicts a juvenile Arthropleura insect reconstructed from fossils discovered in Montceau-les-Mines, France. ...
Miniature treadmills speed up studies of insect walking
Graphic summary. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.006 Fruit flies walking on miniature treadmills are helping scientists understand how the ...
Changing the color of commonly used agricultural netting reduces insect damage in Kujo leek fields
The type of Welsh onions used in the experiment was a variety called Kujo negi. These onions are a traditional ...
New robot mimics insect optic-neuron pathway
A robot built by Elisabetta Chicca and Thorben Schoepe, both from the University of Groningen, to test their model of ...
Insect populations thrive in restored habitats of solar energy installations
A sun pollinator habitat, dominated by prairie purple clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Lee Walston Bumblebees ...
The fastest swimming insect could inspire the design of unmanned boats
Credit: Cornell University Swirling beetles, the world's fastest swimming insect, reach surprising speeds by employing a strategy shared by fast ...
Decline in insect numbers largely due to loss of more abundant species, researchers say
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are an example of a species whose local abundance was once high and whose numbers have ...
