As winter sets in, it’s easy to see insects as dormant nuisances waiting to resurface in spring. But beneath piles of leaves and tucked into woodpiles, countless creatures—both pests and ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental ...

Sticky traps in northwest Illinois are showing Ken Ferrie a picture he had hoped he wouldn’t have to see: populations of northern corn rootworm moving into the state. “We saw some of the northern ...

When winter is upon us, we are aware of our shorter days and colder temperatures. And so we get out our winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves; fill our cars with antifreeze; turn up the heat in our ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American “Winter is coming.” This is the motto of ...

Flesh flies (Sarcophagidae) collected in Costa Rica and Panama lack the pupal diapause that is characteristic of flesh flies from the temperate zone and tropical Africa. The absence of a diapause ...

Studying the African turquoise killifish, which enters into a suspended state called "diapause" during dry and unfavorable growing seasons, researchers uncovered mechanisms that allow the arrested ...

Oncopeltus fasciatus exhibits a facultative reproductive diapause which is triggered by short photoperiods. The duration of the triggering photoperiod (the "critical photoperiod") is a function of the ...