Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

The 100-million-year-old remains of an alien-looking female insect — complete with a triangular head and bulging eyes — have been discovered encased in a glob of hardened resin called amber. The tiny ...

A new study out of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, found that female dragonflies of a specific species, the moorland hawker, will suddenly play dead mid-flight and crash-dive to the ground in ...

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The eggs of some butterfly and moth species vary to give females control over the paternity of their offspring, according to new research. The new study reveals for the first time that the number and ...

In most animal species, males and females show obvious differences in body size. But how can this be, given that both sexes share the same genes governing their growth? University of Arizona ...

Dalan has created the first vaccine for honey bees that will protect against American Foulbrood. The vaccine is approved by the USDA. Female-founded insect biotech company Dalan Animal Health, Inc.