In indigenous communities, the fruit extracts of this variety are used to treat inflammations of the skin. The leaves and twigs of the weeping fig can also be used as an insect repellant, making this ...

The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels guide. This may sound ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. This book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living ...

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of a sustainable superfood - an environmentally friendly alternative to livestock. But who is already eating them and do they actually taste any good?

These were easily recognizable as fig beetles, those loud buzzing insects, sounding like bumblebees, that visit the garden from spring until early fall, when they disappear. Upon researching their ...

There is a fig wasp pollinating a fig ... The costumed bugs at the festival will be accompanied by insect experts in lab coats to help explain the action and answer questions.

Insect brains have many similarities to human brains, including a brainstem-like structure, two hemispheres, and a spinal cord equivalent ...

This study demonstrates that plant and fruit volatiles can be organized according to a low-dimensional hyperbolic map, and that within this map exist trajectories that correspond to important ...

What will be the first ABC Insect of the Year? The ABC has begun its quest to find out which native six-legged marvel is Australia's most popular insect for 2024. Six insect experts have selected ...