At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

The Cordyceps fungus has evolved a terrifying ability to hijack the bodies of insects – but it's also being studied for an impressive range of potential medicinal effects. Researchers have found a way ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish; its abdomen swells. Its body sprouts white fuzz. Around sunset, there’s a ...

A recent review published in PLOS Pathogens discussed the current research on the role of molecular mechanisms in mediating immune priming in insects and regulating vector-borne disease transmission.