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Entomology
Entomology: the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was more vague, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. Like several of the other fields that are categorized within zoology, entomology is a taxon-based category; any form of scientific study in which there is a focus on insect-related inquiries is, by definition, entomology.
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MAY 24, 2020Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bumblebees depend heavily on pollen for their unique worker-centric lifestyles. In fact, whene ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 10, 2020Plants & Animals
If you have any furry pets at home, such as cats or dogs, then you may have had to deal with fleas at one time or anothe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2020Plants & Animals
At first glance, oogpister and bombardier beetles may look just like any other beetle, but it sports a uniquely interest ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2020Plants & Animals
If you’re a fly, then you’d do good to hope you never come in contact with a type of fungus known by its sci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2020Plants & Animals
There are a lot of animals on Earth that use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings, but perhaps one of the bett ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2020Plants & Animals
Symbiotic relationships between different organisms in the wild are a wonderful thing. They exist in just about every ec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2020Plants & Animals
We can’t think of anyone that likes cockroaches, but one insect in particular seems to scout them out specifically ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2020Plants & Animals
Just about everyone has seen a spider web at some point in their life, but have you ever wondered how a spider builds su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
As pollinators, honey bees play a critical role in food production, and they have been suffering heavy losses for years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2019Plants & Animals
At first glance, an anthill looks like a small pile of sand on the Earth with a tiny hole in the top that ants crawl int ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When insecticides are used repeatedly over time to kill mosquitoes, they become less effective as the insects gain resis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Plants & Animals
Ants and termites have known their place as bitter rivals in the animal kingdom for more than 150 million years. Even to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When you’re a male jumping spider and you fancy finding a female to mate with, you might try your hand – or ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Fleas are known as one of the world’s peskiest insects, not only because they can compel you itch incessantly, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
There are no treatments for dengue, West Nile and Zika viruses, but researchers may have found a way to reduce the chanc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2019Microbiology
An international team of researchers has learned more about how a stingless bee relies on several different fungi to sur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2019Plants & Animals
When a founding desert ant queen is ready to establish her own colony, the harsh environment compels her to do something ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2020
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bumblebees depend heavily on pollen for their unique worker-centric lifestyles. In fact, whene
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you have any furry pets at home, such as cats or dogs, then you may have had to deal with fleas at one time or anothe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2020
Plants & Animals
At first glance, oogpister and bombardier beetles may look just like any other beetle, but it sports a uniquely interest
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you’re a fly, then you’d do good to hope you never come in contact with a type of fungus known by its sci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are a lot of animals on Earth that use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings, but perhaps one of the bett
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2020
Plants & Animals
Symbiotic relationships between different organisms in the wild are a wonderful thing. They exist in just about every ec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2020
Plants & Animals
We can’t think of anyone that likes cockroaches, but one insect in particular seems to scout them out specifically
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
Just about everyone has seen a spider web at some point in their life, but have you ever wondered how a spider builds su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
As pollinators, honey bees play a critical role in food production, and they have been suffering heavy losses for years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
At first glance, an anthill looks like a small pile of sand on the Earth with a tiny hole in the top that ants crawl int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When insecticides are used repeatedly over time to kill mosquitoes, they become less effective as the insects gain resis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
Ants and termites have known their place as bitter rivals in the animal kingdom for more than 150 million years. Even to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When you’re a male jumping spider and you fancy finding a female to mate with, you might try your hand – or
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Fleas are known as one of the world’s peskiest insects, not only because they can compel you itch incessantly, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are no treatments for dengue, West Nile and Zika viruses, but researchers may have found a way to reduce the chanc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2019
Microbiology
An international team of researchers has learned more about how a stingless bee relies on several different fungi to sur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2019
Plants & Animals
When a founding desert ant queen is ready to establish her own colony, the harsh environment compels her to do something
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard