Insect article list
Older males are more persistent in the fight at hand Discovering changes in fighting patterns depending on the age of beetles
A joint study between Okayama University and the University of Exeter in the UK has revealed that the fighting patterns between males of the beetle, the giant horned beetle, depend on the age of the males […]
Fragments of the world's oldest German cockroach, including Nara Women's University, discovered at ruins in Nara Prefecture
A research team from Nara Women's University and the Osaka City Museum of Natural History, with the cooperation of the Sakurai City Makimuku Research Center, conducted research at Makimuku, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.
Kyushu University and Vietnam National Museum of Natural History Discover 16 New Species of the Parasitic Wasp with a Strange Appearance
Kyushu University and the Vietnam National Museum of Nature conducted field surveys in various parts of Vietnam, and as a result of taxonomic research, 16 new species of bees were discovered […]
Insects pause when attacked while exercising, Hokkaido University finds
A research group led by Professor Hiroto Ogawa of the Graduate School of Hokkaido University has observed the escape behavior of crickets in detail.
C. elegans without limbs and wings flies in the air Discovery of jumping behavior on bees using static electricity
Associate Professor Takuma Sugi of Hiroshima University, Associate Professor Katsuhiko Sato of Hokkaido University, and Professor Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University, et al.
A New Hypothesis for ``Why Insects Don't Live in the Sea''-Insects' Unique Exoskeleton Formation Acts Unfavorably in Seawater
Insects boast a diversity of more than 100 million recorded species alone, and are the most prosperous organisms on earth, adapting to any environment on land […]
Suppressing the odor of food waste with the power of insects
A joint research group of NARO, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Tsukuba, including researcher Takuya Uehara of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, is a […]
Kyoto University Identifies Enzyme Only Termite Kings and Queens Have
A research group led by Takao Konishi, a Ph.D.
Ehime University to ship farmed red sea bream raised with insect feed from April
Ehime University has succeeded in cultivating red sea bream with insect feed such as mealworms, and will ship test fish to the market from April.Graduate school with donations from Taiyo Oil […]
Stag beetles carry various yeasts in their pockets, discovered by Nagoya University
A research group led by former graduate student Daichi Yamamoto of Nagoya University and lecturer Wataru Toki […]