A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, has found that some normally asexual species of stick insects, which are known to reproduce via ...

A research group found that in female fruit flies, microorganisms enhance reproductive function, boosting the number of cells that form eggs and the number of mature eggs. This is done by controlling ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

The phenomenon of aphids born pregnant is one of nature’s most unusual reproductive strategies. In these tiny insects, reproduction happens at such a fast pace that newborn aphids may already carry ...

Experts say bringing the role of biodiversity loss into focus alongside climate change may provide opportunities to better ...

Since the 1970s, the amount of insects at Canada's Long Point Bird Observatory has dropped by more than 60%, according to a new study led by the ...

Osaka, Japan – For many of us, when we think of microbiomes, our first thoughts are probably about the beneficial microorganisms that live in our guts. But now, researchers from Japan and US have ...