Roy Snelling, an internationally renowned entomologist who turned his boyhood fascination with insects into a lifelong study of the secret world of ants, wasps and bees, has died. He was 73.
... kill pests won't harm the pests' natural enemies, according to new research by Cornell entomologists. That is welcome news for ecologists and farmers in the debate over GM plants. Much of the debate ...
... identified two diagnostic characteristics, one behavioral and one based on external appearance, that allow entomologists to immediately assess whether a species is likely to have a male-produced ...
University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum is used to seeing Hollywood take creative license with insects. After 25 years of screening films about giant bugs and killer swarms at an annual film ...
... research that could mitigate the spread of Lyme disease, Kansas State University entomologists are looking for answers in tick saliva. They are working to understand what controls the salivary gland ...
... a spider?" asks a riddle on the cover of a birthday card sent to Stephen Colbert by entomologists Quentin Wheeler at Arizona State University and Kelly Miller at the University of New Mexico. The ...
... , they would not be able to feed on humans and spread malaria. A team of Penn State entomologists is looking for an insect disease that will infect mosquitoes and impair their sense of smell.
... and Agriculture Organisation and the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, are among those to respond.
Entomologist, Udo Feldman, from the Joint FAO/IAEA division in Vienna explains:
"Well ...
A University of Rhode Island tick expert believes that several ecological factors are likely to make 2008 a big year for ticks and disease, so he advises Rhode Islanders to develop an action plan for ...
... swimming pools, might help make hives cleaner and safer for America's beleaguered honey bees. Entomologist tested ozone's effects on two pesticides widely used by beekeepers to control varroa mites, ...
... museums and botanical gardens in a fun-filled way,” says Professor Quentin Wheeler, an entomologist and director of ASU’s International Institute for Species Exploration.
“We live in an exciting ...
... recently named a new trapdoor spider after popular singer-songwriter Neil Young. A few years ago an entomologist named a new slime-mold beetle after the president. Rarely, if ever, has a new species ...
... here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson. Urging Montanans to protect themselves with repellents, Johnson said the mosquitoes that ...
As 17-year periodic cicadas scratch and buzz in 13 states, entomologists remind us that brash noise is really an insect love song.
... of cockroaches as they feed off of each other and transfer the poison, according to Purdue University entomologists who tested the effectiveness of a specific gel bait. It is the first time that ...
