Learn how this midge has a unique strategy for surviving what most organisms couldn’t.

Their CRISPR-Cas-mediated mutagenesis in vivo shows that mutation of the two RTKs causes acceleration of pupation, which is consistent with the mutant phenotype of the intracellular JH receptor, Met1.

A new documentary explores how climate change, pesticide use, and a shrinking market are pushing Muga silk toward collapse ...

An invasive pest that chows down on boxwood plants is expanding its range. The quarantine area is being extended to include ...

Its life cycle includes the egg, caterpillar, pupa and moth stages with a single female moth capable of laying between 400 and 1 300 eggs. The larvae can grow and reproduce quickly, with pupation ...

In this important study, Li and others identified cell membrane receptors for juvenile hormone (JH), a terpenoid hormone in insects that regulates their development and reproduction. While ...

The linker histone H1 binds to the nucleosome core particle at the site where DNA enters and exits, and facilitates folding of the nucleosomes into a higher-order chromatin structure in eukaryotes.

Ants are among the rare organisms to have extended reproductive division labor beyond the cells of a multicellular organism. However, the degree of specialization between reproductive and worker ...