New technologies can revolutionise insect research and environmental monitoring. By using DNA, images, sounds and flight patterns analysed by AI, it's possible to gain new insights into the world of ...

Solarid AR, an Arkansas-based agtech company, received $981,168 from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research program to continue development of a smart insect control ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. They might comprise close to 75% of all known animal species. But when it comes to the monitoring and protection of insects, global efforts have ...

UD’s Insect Research Collection provides Solomon Hendrix the tools to turn a passion for identifying insects into a future in entomological discovery At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Solomon ...

Entomophagy has long been recognised as an underutilised strategy to address food security issues. Eating insects is one part ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ...

Juvenile hormone (JH) is a pivotal endocrine regulator that orchestrates the complex developmental transitions and reproductive processes of insects. It plays a fundamental role in maintaining larval ...

Aquaporins are integral membrane proteins that facilitate the rapid, selective transport of water—and in certain cases, small solutes such as glycerol—across cell membranes. In insects, these proteins ...