Panchase Protected Forest, in the hills above Nepal’s second city of Pokhara, is known among botanists as an orchid haven. Hundreds of species grow there, many of them found nowhere else in Nepal. I have been working in Panchase for…
A new review argues that no single genetic marker can reliably classify spongy moth subspecies, proposing instead an integrative diagnostic framework combining species identification, mitochondrial lineage, and genome-wide ancestry. Genomics Reshapes How Scientists Identify the Spongy Moth's Subspecies Subject of…
Home - Science - Scientists hauling nets across the Barents Sea have counted 304 species, including slow-growing sponges that may be older than anyone on board, and what worries them most is a small fish that keeps turning up scarce A research expedition…
Researchers report the first Czech record of the Mediterranean olive bark beetle Phloeotribus scarabaeoides, found breeding in imported olive stems in South Moravia in 2023 and classified as an accidental introduction. Larval galleries were very densely distributed along the egg galleries,…
The African big-headed ant, considered one of the 100 most harmful invasive species in the world, was recently identified in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood in Haifa. This was reported by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which added that reports of its…
A first-ever survey of Hambericho Mountain Forest in central Ethiopia recorded 32 butterfly species across forest, shrubland, and grassland zones, with each zone supporting a distinct community. Subject of Research: Baseline inventory of butterfly diversity and community structure across three vegetation…
For the study, adult flies were collected from organic waste-rich agricultural environments in Jeddah and reared under controlled laboratory conditions. Adult and larval morphology was documented using stereomicroscopy, based on established diagnostic characters. DNA was extracted from larvae, and partial…
Thank you, South Bend, for making an entomologist's dreams come true. Before moving here, I studied insects in an arid state. Our professors would dazzle us with stories of the millions of insect species across the world, but always with…
The Environmental Protection Ministry has identified the African big-headed ant for the first time in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood of Haifa. The species is considered one of the world’s 100 most harmful invasive species. Reports of its presence in other parts…
The discovery was part of a research carried out by the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Deep Ocean Mission project. It has been published in the international taxonomy journal Zootaxa. "Deep-sea marine habitats remain among the most difficult ecosystems to study,…
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