Among the latest contenders in the fight against drug-resistant infections is a striking, black beetle with fiery red spots and orange-tipped antennae. Known for spending much of its life ...

The role of insects in drug discovery is expanding, with biopharmaceuticals derived from insect cells offering sustainable solutions for medical applications.

It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 species of invertebrates — like bees, beetles, butterflies, moths and mosquitoes — serve as pollinators worldwide. Around 2,000 mammals, birds ...

From cockroaches and beetles to the tiny "bees of the seas", here are some of the most unexpected, and occasionally disconcerting, pollinators the world continues to rely on – even if we don't ...

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A Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologist shows samples of blacklegged, or deer, ticks that are known to carry Lyme and other diseases. While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme ...

Surveillance for coconut rhinoceros beetles continues around Hawai‘i ... Hawai‘i County and Hawai‘i Department of Health Vector Control Branch. Alameda emphasized the importance of the ...

Invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles have been detected in the Kona area, including near the airport, according to state officials. Hawaii County and the state Department of Agriculture say since ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Efforts to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) continue, especially after beetles were found in the Kona area last month. On March 3, the Big Island Invasive ...

Tri-Cities, WA- — Annual efforts have begun to treat the invasive Japanese Beetles, right here in Pasco. In fact, multiple homes have already received their treatment today, April 15 ...

Other important cucumber pollinators include native bee species, syrphid flies (a.k.a. hover or flower flies), and soldier beetles (which are also good predators). Many of the same plants that attract ...

The southern pine beetle, which migrated to the eastern end of Suffolk County a decade ago, is ravaging the local ecosystem by drying out trees and making them susceptible to fire weather.