The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 15. The intricate tapestry of insect evolution has captivated researchers across disciplines, revealing profound insights into the ...

The order Neuroptera, which encompasses lacewings, antlions and their kin, exhibits an extraordinary evolutionary narrative spanning over 100 million years. Fossil discoveries, combined with recent ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

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Cities are known to shape the evolution of wildlife within them, but according to a study of European cities published in the ...

entmain copy 39088019137645 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents 1. The evolution of ideas on insect metamorphosis -- 2. A spectacular diversity of forms and ...

Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods -- The Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall -- ...

In most developing tissues, signals called morphogens act like lighthouses, guiding nearby cells toward their fate and telling them what to become. Each cell relies on such signals for organized ...

How can we explain the morphological diversity of living organisms? Although genetics is the answer that typically springs to mind, it is not the only explanation. By combining observations of ...

New environments. New challenges. New insects. National Geographic’s A Real Bug’s Life is back for a second season full of tiny insects attempting to survive in vast and complex worlds. Dr. Tim ...