A targeted drug therapy has shown potential to reverse cellular damage in Parkinson's disease by regenerating critical brain ...

An excerpt from ‘Dancing Frogs and Other Creatures in Verse’, by Zai Whitaker.

They found males express more genes linked to cilia, which are tiny hairs that detect vibration. These include dynein genes that are already known to affect hearing in other insects. “Cilia are ...

It was found that molecules related to cilia—the small, hair-like structures that mosquitoes use to detect vibrations—were significantly more expressed in males than in females.

Even in the chaotic swarms where they reproduce, male mosquitoes possess a remarkable ability to pick up on the faint sound of a potential mate.

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

In “The Insect Epiphany,” an entomologist explores the history of insects in art, food, engineering, and more.

Insect burgers made from buffalo worms and organic soya are popping up in restaurants and supermarkets. As the idea of eating insects has taken off, so too has the industry around farming them.

Field Museum researchers found that the gene responsible for making the tiny cellular hairs is missing in these parasitic worms.

It’s unclear how the absence of cilia impacts hairworms or if the hairworms’ parasitic behavior is connected to the missing cilia. “There are plenty of other parasitic organisms that aren’t missing ...

What's more, the missing genes are responsible for the development of cilia, the hair-like structures present in at least some of the cells of every other animal known.