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Insects
Insects are hexapod invertebrates that are classed as Arthropoda within the group of anthropod phylum. Insects consist of the largest diversity of animal with more than one million species and account for more than half of all living organisms.
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NOV 04, 2025Microbiology
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, typically on the South American continent ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2025Microbiology
Napoleon I led an army of around 550,000 soldiers to invade Russia in June 1812, but they didn't make it home.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Mosquitoes spread many deadly diseases, including malaria, and scientists have long been searching for ways to treat or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2025Technology
How can solar farm help improve bumblebee populations and habitats? This is what a recent study published in Global Chan ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 02, 2025Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2025Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2025Plants & Animals
Are insects really declining as badly as previous studies have forecasted? This is what a recent study published in Scie ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2025Plants & Animals
How can mosquito antennae help identify natural disasters? This is what a recent study published in Acta Biomaterialia h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 13, 2025Plants & Animals
A study published by a group of researchers in Nature Communications, introduces a groundbreaking biocontrol technology ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Oropouche virus (OROV) is transmitted by infected midges and some types of mosquitoesWritten By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2024Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent stud ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2024Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2024Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2024Cancer
A recent study in Biosensors and Bioelectronics suggests bees could provide an important tool for early lung cancer dete ...Written By: Katie Kokolus
NOV 04, 2025
Microbiology
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, typically on the South American continent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2025
Microbiology
Napoleon I led an army of around 550,000 soldiers to invade Russia in June 1812, but they didn't make it home.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mosquitoes spread many deadly diseases, including malaria, and scientists have long been searching for ways to treat or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2025
Technology
How can solar farm help improve bumblebee populations and habitats? This is what a recent study published in Global Chan
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2025
Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2025
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2025
Plants & Animals
Are insects really declining as badly as previous studies have forecasted? This is what a recent study published in Scie
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2025
Plants & Animals
How can mosquito antennae help identify natural disasters? This is what a recent study published in Acta Biomaterialia h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 13, 2025
Plants & Animals
A study published by a group of researchers in Nature Communications, introduces a groundbreaking biocontrol technology
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Oropouche virus (OROV) is transmitted by infected midges and some types of mosquitoes
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2024
Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2024
Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2024
Cancer
A recent study in Biosensors and Bioelectronics suggests bees could provide an important tool for early lung cancer dete
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus