A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production. A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects ...

Therefore, frogs' digestive systems play an important role in killing prey. To investigate the defenses of insects against frogs, Sugiura provided frogs with various insect species. The aquatic beetle ...

Plants are not entirely at the mercy of their herbivore enemies. Often, chemical defenses ensure that the plants are inedible, or even toxic, and as a result insects and other hungry animals steer ...

Plants deploy a sophisticated arsenal of protease inhibitors to thwart insect herbivores that rely on digestive proteases to extract nutrients from foliage. These inhibitors, often categorised by ...

Whenever it rains in Kenya, insects fall a like manna which, coincidentally, means 'given for free' in some Bantu dialects. A once common rainy season delicacy in Kenya is the winged termites, which ...

A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production. Published in Nature Communications, the research reveals that the ...

The degradation of plant defense substances by insect digestive enzymes can influence the insects' preference for certain food plants, a new study now shows for the first time. Scientists studied this ...

The degradation of plant defence substances by insect digestive enzymes can influence the insects' preference for certain food plants, a new study now shows for the first time. Scientists from the ...