Recent research findings indicate that many of the plant pathogens affecting agriculture today originated during an earlier era than originally believed. Analysis performed by an international team of ...

A Harvard physicist who once accepted evolution without question says a surprising encounter with faith forced him to rethink ...

But the next time you squash one of these bloodsuckers, consider this: you are participating in a bitter rivalry that goes back to the time of Homo erectus. It turns out that mosquitoes have been ...

Researchers suggest that evolution may speed up dramatically during certain periods, challenging a long-held theory and helping explain a puzzling 30-million-year gap between genetic estimates and the ...

The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

A rare fossil insect from Tibet, given the name Zekuforma maculata, reveals that a landlocked lineage of ‘true bugs’ briefly tested semi-aquatic life. The discovery rewrites about 230 million years of ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The middle ear of mammals, with an eardrum and several small bones, allows us to ...

Flies and maggots are not exactly the glamorous side of crime-solving, but at Texas A&M, they are part of the investigative team. Entomologist Jeff Tomberlin has turned insects into forensic witnesses ...

Scientists have identified a new species of non-biting midge from 151-million-year-old specimens discovered by an amateur fossil hunter. Credit: Louise Reily / Australian Museum An 82-year-old man ...

These fragile traces, buried deep under layers of fragile shale once formed by the bed of an old lake, are the oldest known Chironomidae family midges in the Southern Hemisphere. 7 lions to be ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossils from Australia’s Talbragar beds reveal the oldest known midges in the Southern Hemisphere. (CREDIT: Gondwana Research) ...