The “Healthy and Sustainable Beekeeping” Special Issue in the open-access journal by MDPI Insects aims to bring together research articles and reviews of various disciplines related to the beekeeping ...

For human societies, insects are part of a shared ecology involving the gamut of symbiotic relations. Insects (and arthropods ...

Spicebush Swallotail butterflies are attracted to many flowers, but need plants like Spicebush to lay their eggs on. July is a month for insects. That statement generally hits people in one of three ...

The compound eyes, wings, jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton common to insects are hardly appetizing. But the protein found in bugs—and their ability to gobble up organic waste—could be key to ...

Insects engage in the largest continental migration on Earth, new research indicates. Some 3.5 trillion insects in Southern Britain alone migrate each year – a biomass eight times that of bird ...

Sticky traps are highly useful for the detection of low-level insect populations which are otherwise difficult to detect in processed commodity storages. Even where insect populations may be ...

The journal offers more choice to Nature Portfolio authors who are seeking a fully open-access and more inclusive platform for publishing their work. As part of the npj Series, this journal focuses on ...

Around 100 trillion insects fly in the skies above the USA on a summer's day, according to estimates by researchers from the ...

An international research team has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...