Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Arthropods and their fossils Among the most diverse and species-rich groups of animals are arthropods, which include crustaceans, insects, scorpions, spiders, millipedes, and centipedes, just to name a few. Researchers have long hypothesized that the archetypal brain shared by all arthropods comes from fossils preserved to extremely […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Insects secrete pheromones to attract the opposite gender. The nature, activity and sex-specific differences in such pheromones is usually attributed to different regulatory mechanisms at the genetic level. Cuticular hydrocarbons in arthropods act as a crucial signalling chemical for intra-specie communication. Their primary role is to prevent drying of […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insects come under the Phylum Arthropod, ironically the largest phylum in the Animal Kingdom. Over the past several decades the number of species has declined. Initially, it was believed that this was happening due to habitat loss or excessive use of pesticides, but it came off as a bit of […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Who soared the empty skies 360 million years ago? Not the Pterosaurs. Not the Birds. Definitely not the Bats. They were the Insects. They flew before anything else did. The origin of wings among these tiny arthropods was however an enigma, it bugged the Scientists for over a Century. There […]
