12-05-14 Having natural habitat in farming areas that supports ladybugs（瓢虫） could help increase their abundance in crops where they control pests and help farmers reduce their costs, says a Michigan State University study. Ladybugs and other predatory in...

12-04-10 A new study by Rice University scientists reveals that plants can use the sense of touch to fight off fungal infections and insects. The study, which will be published in the April 24 issue of Current Biology, finds that plant defenses are enhanced...

12-02-14 In a study of the molecular underpinnings of plants' pest resistance, Rice University biologists have shown that plants both anticipate daytime raids by hungry insects and make sophisticated preparations to fend them off. When you walk past plants,...

11-03-30 Insects using vibration to attract a mate are at risk of being eaten alive by killer spiders, Cardiff University scientists have discovered. Studying spider behaviour experts from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences found that the vibrations...

11-01-30 Plants are attacked by a multitude of（大批的，众多的） insects and mammals. As defense against these herbivores（食草动物） they developed complex defense mechanisms over the course of evolution: spines, thorns, leaf hairs and a number of toxic che...

10-08-21 全球气候日益暖化，世界人口不断增长，联合国粮农组织呼吁肉食者改吃昆虫，并正在考虑推广昆虫食品，以减少温室气体排放量。研究显示，饲养牛、羊等家畜需要占用全球三分之二的农田，而且导致全球变暖的温室气体中有五分之一是家畜及其饲养过程中排放出来的。 Saving t...

10-08-20 The widening of the Panama Canal currently underway has created a rare opportunity to study the insects that inhabit the plants of environmentally sensitive Central American rain forest habitats. Dr. Amy Berkov, Professor of Biology at The City Coll...

10-08-10 When plant-eating mammals（哺乳类） such as goats chomp（咬牙） on a sprig（小枝，图钉） of alfalfa（苜蓿） , they could easily gobble up（狼吞虎咽） some extra protein in the form of insects that happen to get in their way. But a new report in the...

10-05-04 A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleasand potentially tickscan be passed to human babies by the mother, causing chronic infections（慢性感染） and raising the possibility of bacterially induced...

10-03-19 Leafcutter ant queens can live for twenty years, fertilizing millions of eggs with sperm stored after a single day of sexual activity. Danish researchers who have studied ants at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama since 1992 disco...