The field of insect molecular genetics and physiology explores the complex genetic and biochemical networks that govern insect development, adaptation and homeostasis. With Drosophila melanogaster as ...

Scientists estimate there may be more than 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Yet despite their abundance, studying the fine details of ant anatomy has always been slow work. Each specimen typically has ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Basic insect functional anatomy and physiological principles -- 3. Temperature -- 4. Water -- 5. Nutrition, growth, and size -- 6. Oxygen -- 7. Techniques and applications -- 8.

About 70 per cent of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half ...

Scientists studied the internal anatomy that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of Brazilian cave insects. By Jack Tamisiea The penis has a variety of peculiar shapes and sizes: the ...