A research team of scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and Princeton University has provided insights into the origins of complete metamorphosis in insects. More than 60% of all animal species ...

A vaccine manufactured inside insect pupae has been submitted for the first time to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for regulatory approval. Algenex’ CrisBio ® technology aims to disrupt the ...

Barboza da Silva noted that potential applications of the VideometerLab extend well beyond insect pupa quality control. "It's being used worldwide in several fields, including medicine, pharmacology, ...

Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the pupae of the buff-leaf hawkmoth produce sounds by forcing air through holes in their abdomens, the first evidence of such a mechanism.

One of the strategies used for biological control of the South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus is sterilization of males by X-ray or gamma-ray irradiation. The aim of the procedure is to ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. No one in the history of studying insects had ever ...

Discovered at La Brea Tar Pits, the pupa helps reveal clues to what the environment was like in Southern California during the Pleistocene Epoch. Micro CT scans of (A) a dorsal view of a male ...