Egg cases from Chinese and European praying mantises can be differentiated by their shape. Neither species is native to Michigan.

Y-complex nucleoporin, Nup107, can regulate ecdysone production by affecting the transcription of Halloween genes and levels of RTK receptor, torso, for the metamorphic transition from larva to pupa.

To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from real sugar to artificial sweeteners like aspartame, insects have many receptors that each detect ...

THIS very handsomely got-up volume is illustrated by 40 full-page engravings, many of which are exquisite landscapes as well as representations of insects in their various stages; and by about 200 ...

Biological metamorphosis is the process of profound physical changes that occur in some non-mammalian animal species during development from immature to adult form. Examples include the metamorphoses ...

Common herbs and houseplants are known to repel gnats, flies and mosquitoes. Here are seven to add to your kitchen. Joey is a writer/editor, TV/radio personality, lifestyle expert, former ...

A good chunk of the world's people are fine eating the nearly 2,000 species of edible bugs that share the globe with us. Anthropologists say early man depended on them. According to Pliny the Elder, ...

No, not even if you promise to order apps and drinks while you wait. Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She ...

This March, the Rijksmuseum is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Women of the Rijksmuseum research project with an extensive public programme, which begins with the two-day Women in the Museum ...