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 […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Scientists Frank Krell and Francesco Vitali recently worked together and renamed the fossil of a frog-legged beetle. The beetle had been on showcase at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science since 1995. It is reported to have been in existence nearly 49 million years ago. The beetle was initially […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College On average, more than one-half of all the existing insect species are considered to be herbivorous, meaning, these insects feed on plants to derive nutrition, making them an essential contributor to the food chain. Despite their critical herbivorous nature, the terrestrial domain of our world is flourishing from the mossy […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata A new species of centipede belonging to the genus Scolopendra has been discovered by a team of researchers from Japan. They were found living in the forests of Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. The Genus Scolopendra comes under the family Scolopenridae and consists of a large number of tropical centipedes. The […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Lots of living organisms are used in Biotechnology as protein production hosts. They are extremely useful in drug development, biopharmaceuticals, and protein delivery. In this new research, earthworms are developed as next-generation animal protein production hosts, something that has never been done before. Escherichia coli, our favorite bacteria has been […]
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 […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Thrips are small, polyphagous, and cosmopolitan insects that comprise the order Thysanoptera. Thysanoptera lies within the Paraneoptera, also commonly called the “hemipteroid assemblage” which also includes the orders Hemiptera, Psocoptera, and Phthiraptera. Among the over 7000 reported thrips species classified into nine families with a further five identified from […]
