For decades, evolutionary biologists have relied on two distinct libraries of genetic information to reconstruct the tree of ...

A Chilean field study found that conventionally managed lettuce farms sprayed seven to nine times per cycle supported fewer ...

They are tiny, termite-like insects that spend much of their lives hidden beneath bark or inside decaying wood. Yet angel insects have long stood out in evolutionary biology for one reason: scientists ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 20, 2025) A study in Conservation Genetics, entitled “Organic farming fosters arthropod diversity of specific insect guilds – evidence from metabarcoding,” showcases the ...

Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried ...