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...

bumble bee (B. impatiens) Photo Credit:  Eduardo Goody Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Bumble Bee Climate V...

Urban beekeeping brings large colonies of honeybees into cities. These colonies then compete with local wild bee populations and may harm th...

Canada geese Photo Credit:  Alain Bonnardeaux Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Circular Agriculture via Blac...

Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bumblebee, visiting a flower. This bumblebee species is the focus of the study. Photo Credit: Hanno Kort...

A red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) in its winter quarters, a reed stalk. It has just hatched and is preparing to leave the nest. Photo Credit:...

Adults and larvae of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi. Photo Credit: © Anna Schroll Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance...

Wild red-tailed bumblebees (Bombus lapidarius) Left queen | Right drone Photo Credit:  Ivar Leidus Changes made: Combined images ( CC BY-SA ...

An adult male Gulf Coast tick. Photo Credit: CDC Public Health Image Library Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Tick Su...

Red-tailed bumblebees can act as hosts for a dangerous bee virus. Photo Credit: Uni Halle / Patrycja Pluta Scientific Frontline: Extended ...