The Kansai researches sought to mimic the proboscis' serration by fabricating a needle that copies the mosquito's mobile mouth parts. The needle is etched from silicon and has three parts that are ...

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2024, 21:00 CET (20:00 LONDON TIME, 15:00 U.S. EASTERN TIME) Have you ever seen a hummingbird hawk moth? When people encounter this moth for the first time, they are ...

Biomimicry can be used to find solutions to problems like crop loss to insects or how to make a better medical needle for painless injections. Find out how. Science Trek is available to stream on ...

In a potentially huge development for fashion in tropical countries, an entomologist has come up with a Spandex-polyester weave that’s impermeable to the proboscis of the mosquito. GoodNewsNetwork.org ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — There’s an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- There's an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And ...

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