Scientists studied the internal anatomy that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of Brazilian cave insects. By Jack Tamisiea The penis has a variety of peculiar shapes and sizes: the ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

Washington, USA: This may be the role reversal to end all role reversals. Scientists on Thursday described four insect species that dwell in extremely dry caves in Brazil, feed on bat guano and ...

A revolutionary new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes by offering ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes and destructive crop pests, according to ...