A wild bee foraging in a flower. This bee is a “vestal cuckoo bumblebee” ( Bombus vestalis ) – one of the 235 wild bee species that was reco...

A male Platycerus takakuwai Fujita, 1987 Photo Credit: Satoshi Asano Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Female...

Taxonomic Definition Hemeroplanes triptolemus is a species of moth placed within the order Lepidoptera and the family Sphingidae. Its primar...

A Black Woodpecker engages in a behavior known as "anting," in which birds rub ants on their feathers and skin to help protect the...

Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Urban Nature-Strip Gardens The Core Concept : Transforming traditional gras...

Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Alpha-Gal Syndrome The Core Concept : Alpha-gal syndrome is an acquired, ti...

A female beet fly, which lays its eggs on the underside of leaves, is a common sugar beet pest. Photo Credit: Shahinoor Rahman Scientific Fr...

The lone star tick, shown on this plant leaf, can transmit the Bourbon virus. Photo Credit: Ilia Rochlin, Stony Brook University. Scientific...

A worker ant of the species Temnothorx nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis, recognizable by its yellowish coloration, al...

UC students are studying ways to combat tick-borne illness in Professor Joshua Benoit's lab. Photo Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Scientific...

Vector ecology is the scientific study of the interactions among disease-transmitting organisms (vectors), their hosts, and the environment....

Photo Credit:  Tom Fisk Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Differential Heavy Metal Accumulation in Eusocial B...

Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Photo Credit:  Dmitry Grigoriev Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Honeybee Worker M...

A female of the migratory species globe skimmer (Pantala flavescens). Photo Credit: Johanna Hedlund Scientific Frontline: Extended "At ...

Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The New World Screwworm The Core Concept : Cochliomyia hominivorax (the New...

Photo Credit: Yu Fang/UCR Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Environmental Engineering in Honeybee Queen Devel...

Fischer’s Blue butterfly Threatened Tongeia fischeri species on native Orostachys japonica (Japanese Dunce Cap) flower.   Photo Credit: Osak...

Understanding larval fate is key to understanding social behavior in the insects, which rely on reproductive division of labor: Some females...

The worker ants apply their venom to the brood to prevent fungal infections. Photo Credit: Lukas Koch Scientific Frontline: Extended "A...

Male hoverfly, left, has bigger eyes than female (right). Photo Credit: Y Ogawa, Flinders University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At...