This time-lapse video shows the development of the nervous system in a fruit fly embryo as it transitions to the larval stage. Fruit flies have a high reproduction rate and a very short gestation ...

Recently, I had the opportunity to film the fascinating hunting behavior of a dragonfly larva. These larvae, belonging to the family Aeshnidae, are true masters of underwater predation.

They are holometabolous insects, meaning that they go through a metamorphosis of egg, larva, pupa and adult during their development. The eggs are laid in the host nest, where the larvae develop as ...

Published in Current Biology, the discovery was made in the Anti-Atlas mountain range in southern Morocco, and reveals unique morphological and chemical adaptations. The research sheds light on ...

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...