A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

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Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

One of Charles Darwin’s microscope slides from his groundbreaking geological research is set for auction after being discovered in a cardboard box - almost 200 years on. The tiny piece of history, ...

A cafe in Germany is really testing customers' limits with its menu options, many of which include insects. Grasshoppers, crickets, and mealworms are included in many dishes. Cook Martin Baumgarten ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Christopher C. Grinter has spent much of his life surrounded by insects, though not in the way most people imagine. As Senior Collection Manager of ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...

The vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti is directly influenced by its high reproductive output. Nevertheless, females are restricted to a single mating event, sufficient to acquire enough sperm to ...

Violations marked as priority contribute directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction in the hazards associated with foodborne illness. Priority violations include prevention of contamination, ...

Viewed this way, the fruit fly’s compound eyes appear like massive domes of repeating structures, while its bristly body looks more like an armored machine than a delicate insect. The detail is both ...