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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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MAY 31, 2022Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Forgot expensive mechanical detectors; the newest innovation in chemical weapons is blowflies. Students led by Nick Mani ...Written By: Hannah DanielMAR 11, 2022Earth & The Environment
Humans have always been obsessed with cataloging and categorizing plants and animals. Plants, being stationary, have bee ...Written By: Samantha LottMAR 08, 2022Plants & Animals
Three 18th c. women scientists, Maria Sibylla Merian, Catharina Dorrien, and Jane Colden, helped found taxonomy but are ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattMAR 07, 2022Plants & Animals
Mussels, at first glance, seem like rather unassuming organisms (though they certainly play crucial roles in the environ ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When we think of evolutionary changes, we tend to consider long stretches of time. But can evolution happen rapidly? The ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2022Plants & Animals
The impact of pollution on air quality is well known and understood. Polluted air can lead to a number of health problem ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2022Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 24, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Most methods used in forensic science have not been independently validated or verified by scientists, but some efforts ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2022Microbiology
There are parasites that can change the behavior of their hosts to make a more beneficial outcome for the parasite. Rese ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2021Earth & The Environment
Light pollution is a newly recognized source of pollution with many complexities. What is light pollution to one person ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 28, 2021Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2021Earth & The Environment
Butterfly wings contain hundreds of thousands of tiny microscopic scales, some of which are structured to display color. ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 23, 2021Microbiology
When the parasite Plasmodium falciparium is transmitted from mosquitoes to humans, it causes malaria. So what does it do ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2021Earth & The Environment
Honeybees have a long history in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians harvested honey from wild bees thousands of years ago, and bee ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to q ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2021Microbiology
Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
Water quality changes all over the globe as humans change land use and develop communities near water. The increase in t ...Written By: Samantha LottOCT 14, 2021Plants & Animals
In recent years, the number of insects in a given ecosystem (biomass) and the number of insect species (biodiversity) ha ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 14, 2021Plants & Animals
Do you know those pesky bugs that happen swarm in front of your door right as you open it? Those swarms and the insects ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 05, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is seen as a growing threat to public health, and scientists have been trying to develop new antib ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Schematic illustration of the adhesive patch with diving beetle–inspired suction chambers against rough and wet hu ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
MAY 31, 2022
Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Forgot expensive mechanical detectors; the newest innovation in chemical weapons is blowflies. Students led by Nick Mani
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
MAR 11, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Humans have always been obsessed with cataloging and categorizing plants and animals. Plants, being stationary, have bee
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
MAR 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Three 18th c. women scientists, Maria Sibylla Merian, Catharina Dorrien, and Jane Colden, helped found taxonomy but are
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
MAR 07, 2022
Plants & Animals
Mussels, at first glance, seem like rather unassuming organisms (though they certainly play crucial roles in the environ
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of evolutionary changes, we tend to consider long stretches of time. But can evolution happen rapidly? The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2022
Plants & Animals
The impact of pollution on air quality is well known and understood. Polluted air can lead to a number of health problem
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The littl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2022
Immunology
Cyclotides are small, ring-shaped proteins produced by plants to defend themselves from certain insect pests and bacteri
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most methods used in forensic science have not been independently validated or verified by scientists, but some efforts
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2022
Microbiology
There are parasites that can change the behavior of their hosts to make a more beneficial outcome for the parasite. Rese
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Light pollution is a newly recognized source of pollution with many complexities. What is light pollution to one person
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 28, 2021
Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Butterfly wings contain hundreds of thousands of tiny microscopic scales, some of which are structured to display color.
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 23, 2021
Microbiology
When the parasite Plasmodium falciparium is transmitted from mosquitoes to humans, it causes malaria. So what does it do
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Honeybees have a long history in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians harvested honey from wild bees thousands of years ago, and bee
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to q
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2021
Microbiology
Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Water quality changes all over the globe as humans change land use and develop communities near water. The increase in t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
OCT 14, 2021
Plants & Animals
In recent years, the number of insects in a given ecosystem (biomass) and the number of insect species (biodiversity) ha
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 14, 2021
Plants & Animals
Do you know those pesky bugs that happen swarm in front of your door right as you open it? Those swarms and the insects
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 05, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is seen as a growing threat to public health, and scientists have been trying to develop new antib
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Schematic illustration of the adhesive patch with diving beetle–inspired suction chambers against rough and wet hu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes