Nature has produced insects in nearly every color imaginable, from shiny blues and shimmering greens to bright pinks. While ...

Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles use ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of Darwin. One focus of current debates is whether adaptive evolution relies ...

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On a humid night on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a research team collecting insects beneath a lamp spotted something that stopped them mid-routine: a katydid glowing vivid hot pink. The insect, an ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...