insects

Butterfly populations in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature, but rising global temperatures...

From pollinators to profits, food to fires, here's what Cambridge experts say about the impacts of water scarcity – and what it signals about our...

Male butterflies have genes which give them a sexual preference for a partner with a similar appearance to themselves, according to new research.

A new study shows that bats are giving Madagascar’s rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues of insects. And this, a...

Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that could be used to make brighter paints and coatings...

A study by scientists from the University of Cambridge has revealed how cooperative behaviour between insect family members changes how rapidly body...

Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals a “short-circuiting” of natural selection. Researchers suggest that replicating the scent caused by...

Cambridge researchers are studying what makes a brain efficient and how that affects behaviour in insects.