Ecology & Zoology

Researchers studying populations of numerous moth and butterfly species across Papua New Guinea have developed a new technique to study the spread and diet of insect pests--DNA barcoding, which…

Scientists from the U.S. department of Agriculture have discovered how The Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a…

-------- Original Message --------Subject: are ants bad for our health?From: Date: Sun, February 28, 2010 2:00 amTo: bugman@bugs.org We have ants and I respect their quest for food...but does…

A new study of the Atlantic longarm octopus, Macrotritopus defilippi, indicates that the species has exceptional camouflage capabilities. Scientists say the octopus avoids predators in part by…

So, I was going to blog about the new baby giant octopus (complete with webcam!) at the Smithsonian. But, it's not really a squid. Then I was going to talk about sperm whales collectively hunting…

A possible new solution to a 163-year-old biology puzzle - why animals grow bigger in cold climates - may have been found, according to researchers who say ecological factors can now be added to…

The flowering plant purple loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria - has been heading north since it was first introduced to the eastern seaboard from Europe 150 years ago. This exotic invader chokes out…

Biologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York have found that grizzly bears are roaming into what was traditionally thought of as polar bear habitat, the…

Here’s why you don’t kill the spider… why should you?The typical, first answer is that it bites.Or that it’s creepy.Or that it will crawl into your mouth at night… um… well – first things first.…

What to look for in the next decade, as far as squid are concerned? Certainly new species will be discovered and described. Fisheries will probably spring up for species that have never been fished…