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When the trained mosquitos caught a whiff of DEET alone, more than 60% of them tried to feed again, displaying what ...

A meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus). This species is widespread across most of Europe and is commonly used as a model organism in evolutionary biology. If an experiment is repeated ...

Mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of the world's most common insect repellent with a tasty meal -- and after training can even prefer to bite people who have been sprayed with it, an ...

Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy hormone, according to a new study from the University of Sussex which shows how they may use dopamine to learn in a similar manner to humans.

Informatics experts have developed a new computational model that demonstrates a long sought after link between insect and mammalian learning. Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy ...

DEET, chemically known as N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is used across the globe and has been recommended by the UK Health ...

In such circumstances, hungry mosquitoes are most likely to be able to put up with the faint odour of DEET, bite a lightly ...

Bees have long been celebrated for their intricate hives and precise navigation, but new research suggests their inner lives are even more sophisticated than many scientists assumed. In carefully ...

LAS VEGAS — Some species of parasitic roundworms can catapult themselves high into the air to latch onto fruit flies and other insects. Experiments now reveal that leaping Steinernema carpocapsae ...