This species mainly reproduces without males, but on rare occasions, male stick insects appear. The researchers wanted to find out whether these males could still reproduce or if they had lost ...

The researchers focused on the rare males of Ramulus mikado, a stick insect species in Japan, where parthenogenesis is predominant. Their analysis of male reproductive behavior reveals new findings.

Genetic analysis confirmed that no male-derived genes were passed on to the offspring, indicating that these males are effectively sterile. The findings revealed that, although the males display ...

The idea to suppress an insect population by flooding it with sterile males has been around for decades. Since the 1950s, scientists have been using radiation to create infertile male mosquitoes.

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Screaming “boy bands” will swarm across Kentucky starting in late spring into the summer this year, though their songs are ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — A study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the ...

With a better agent, their story could be that of a hardy insect that has successfully thrived ... she can do so without waiting for any male cockroaches to turn up. They can produce ...

Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...