A newly identified parasitic wasp, compared to an “alien” predator, was found entirely by chance. Its ability to infect adult ...

Soil samples collected in North Dakota wheat fields indicate the lowest populations of overwintering wheat midge larvae ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimise reproduction, making pollination one of nature's most important ...

A photo of what looks like green peas or curled up leaves was shared online by one woman overnight with the resident, who lives in Perth's northeast suburb Duncraig, joking that it was a pleasant day ...

These insects are unsung heroes of many of ecosystems. Hoverflies visit 52% of crops globally which they either pollinate or ...

An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the ...

Assistant professor Saga Tatsuya of the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, who is captivated by hornets ...

Assistant professor SAGA Tatsuya of the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, who is captivated by hornets ...

They identified 1,449 different prey which had been fed by adult hornets to their larvae in the nests, more than half of which (55%) could be identified as a specific species. Prey included a wide ...

Some 43 of the 50 top species found in hornet larvae guts visit flowers ... Prey included a wide range of flies, wasps, bees, butterflies, moths and spiders, with honeybees, common wasps and ...