The New World screwworm parasite has been detected in Mexico, prompting the U.S. Agriculture Department to launch an $8.5 ...

Learn what makes axolotls so special and why wild populations in Mexico are on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss.

Some biological effects of feeding larvae of the armyworm Spodoptera latifascia with leaves of three plant species (cotton, soybean and lettuce) have been studied. Some indicative measurements were ...

Endereço eletrônico: [email protected] Study of postfeeding larval radial dispersal in Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Blowflies utilize discrete and ephemeral ...

An adult wandering salamander (Aneides vagrans) clings to the bark of a California redwood tree. The four-inch amphibians make their homes in the little-studied canopy. When disturbed by a ...

Salamanders are carnivores across nearly all of their habitats, spread out across the world. Many animals may be picky eaters ...

rosenbergii. All the experimental procedures involving the larvae in this experiment were approved by the Experimental Animal Care and Ethics Committee of the Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, ...

The critters were identified as salamanders from the Bolitoglossa genus, but they seemed different from previously discovered species, according to the study. Genetic testing confirmed the ...

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang 421002, China Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular ...

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, a national nonprofit to conserve imperiled wildlife, is leading the efforts for this salamander.

Any idea what is happening? A: The damage is actually caused by the larvae of a sawfly insect. They are commonly called rose slugs. The sawfly adult looks like a small black to yellow wasp.

In their paper published in the journal Ecology, the group describes how they discovered weevil larvae alive in some of the galls on Solanum lycocarpum plants after a fire on a farm in Minas ...