Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...

"This book is published on the occasion of the Royal Entomological Society's International Symposium on 'The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems' in St. Andrews, September 4-6, 2013. All symposium ...

A new study on the mating behavior of jumping bristletail (Petrobiellus akkesiensis) reports the first documented case of direct sperm transfer via genital coupling in apterygote hexapods. The study ...

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Credit: Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Insects ...

The ozone in smog neutralises the pheremones upon which fruit flies depend for mating – Copyright AFP – The rigours and rituals of mating among fruit flies are ...

Some insects have detachable penises, others produce sperm that is 20 times the size of their own body. Others have evolved with special equipment to help them tear rivals off potential mates. Insects ...

Researchers show that ozone levels, such as those found in many places on hot summer days today, destroy the sex pheromones of fruit fly species. As a result, some natural mating boundaries maintained ...

Some insects may struggle to find mates of the same species because increasing levels of ozone pollution are breaking down the smells released by potential partners. Ground-level ozone is a greenhouse ...

Earlier this summer, researchers announced they found fossils that likely come from courting dinosaurs. To find more fossil evidence of prehistoric animals wooing and mating, scientists will have to ...