In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

In the intricate tapestry of nature, few threads are as overlooked—yet vital—as insects. For Professor Michal Segoli of ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...

Insect Ecology and Adaptation - research group studies diverse topics of insect ecology and evolution. Our model systems include both economically important forest insects (e.g. pine sawflies and bark ...

“Both symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer have profoundly influenced insect evolution.” One of the study’s striking findings is the binary distribution of pectinases among leaf beetle ...

At the ISEE lab, we integrate bottom-up (focused on specific interactions) and top-down (addressing broader community and ecosystem dynamics) approaches to investigate how symbiotic micro-organisms ...

For more than a century, researchers have argued over the evolutionary origin of insect wings. Although many hypotheses have been proposed ... Moreover, she adds, the origin of wings is not the only ...

From insect larvae that keep munching on pesticide ... It's a huge problem, but the pests are only following the rules of evolution: the best-adapted survive. Every time chemicals are sprayed ...