Herbivorous insects display remarkable diversity in the breadth of plants they utilise, ranging from extreme specialists that feed on a single host species to generalists capable of exploiting dozens ...

Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...

Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...

The direct and indirect effects of climate change expose insect populations to environmental conditions that can approach or exceed their physiological limits. The complex life cycles of many insect ...

An international team of scientists led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) has described a new species of fossilized insect from the Australian Jurassic period, estimated to be around 151 ...

Nature can be extraordinary in its resilience. Take the survival adaptation of this insect, which is raising eyebrows across the Internet in expressions of both awe and horror. KXAN reports people in ...