Collection of 1.25 Million Weevils and Planthoppers Donated to Arizona State University
One of the largest private insect collections in the world is changing hands, and along with it will go an endowment for continued study of the insects it contains. Yesterday, […]
New Beetle Species Discovered on Spain’s Gran Canaria
Two Spanish scientists have discovered a new species of beetle, which they have called Oromia thoracica. This blind weevil is brownish-grey and has a flattened body and thorax that almost […]
Another Insect Named after Sir David Attenborough
Earlier this year, a 20-million-year-old pygmy locust found in amber was named after Sir David Attenborough. Now the British naturalist and filmmaker has been honored once again, this time with […]
3D X-ray Video Shows Movement of a Weevil’s Hip Joint
Since their very beginning, motion pictures were used to study the movement of humans and animals. In fact, one of the first movies ever made — if not THE first […]
NY to Unleash Asian Weevils to Fight Invasive Vines
The mile-a-minute weed is an Asian vine that invades a variety of habitats in the eastern United States. It became established in the mid 1930s at a nursery in Stewartstown, […]