While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these species, rare males occasionally appear. Whether these males retain ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Scientists have discovered that beetles might not actually be bisexual. A study has found that same-sex mating behavior in red flour beetles is more likely to be due to incompetence than sexual ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Insects account for 75% of all animal species, making them the most diverse animal group. Of these, 99% belong to Pterygota, which have acquired wings, while the remaining 1% consist of ...

They're all around us but how many people know just how the societies of insects spend their days? Most of the time insects are concerned with eating and mating - how they go about these tasks is more ...

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, demonstrates that increased levels of ozone resulting from anthropogenic air pollution can degrade insect sex ...

G. López-Guillén, J. Gómez Ruiz, L. Cruz-López, A. Joyce, F. Hernández-Baz, E. Aragón-Robles, R. Hernández Alaniz The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 106, No. 3 ...