Posts in: insects
Paper wasps follow a secret succession line
One species of wasps innately knows the order of queens-to-come in the colony and avoids internal conflict
Crickets Learn to Fear Spiders Before Birth
Mother crickets forewarn offspring of predators before they hatch
![A giant flower beetle wears a backpack of electronic implants that allow researchers to wirelessly control its flight [Credit: Hirotaka Sato and Michel Maharbiz, University of California, Berkeley]](http://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BeetleBackpack2-160x90.jpg)
Bionic Bugs
The Defense Department’s attempts to merge insects and electronics are benefiting science more than the military
Hunting for a Malaria Vaccine: Inside a New York University Laboratory
Researchers struggle to produce reliable protection against the malaria parasite.
Raising Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria
Jean Robert Nonon raises mosquitoes at New York University, sending them across the globe for malaria research.
Chasing the Dream: The World’s Most Powerful Malaria Vaccine
After decades of abandonment, an unlikely experimental malaria vaccine is stirring again, promising to outshine all other candidates in the pharmaceutical pipeline.
Assessing the Malaria Threat
Could increasing global temperatures cause this tropical disease to spread?
Fighting Flies with Flies
New tricks to breed sexier Mediterranean fruit flies could improve control of an important agricultural pest.
Mosquito Mating Music
Scientists listen to the mating songs of disease-carrying mosquitoes in hopes that they’ll use what they learn to control wild populations.
