Scientists studied the internal anatomy that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of Brazilian cave insects. By Jack Tamisiea The penis has a variety of peculiar shapes and sizes: the ...

Scientists discovered the first insects with sex-reversed genitalia in Brazilian caves. Yes, by sex reversed we mean that the female insects have penis-like genitalia and the males have vagina-like ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the role reversal to end all role reversals. Scientists on Thursday described four insect species that dwell in extremely dry caves in Brazil, feed on bat guano and ...

Some female stick insects just don’t need males around, ever. They clone themselves, alter their pheromones to stay inconspicuous to unwanted suitors, and when males try to copulate with them, they ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Despite having sex with males, females of a Japanese stick insect species produce offspring that are genetically identical to themselves. Combined with other evidence, it suggests that the males of ...

Females of a cricket-like insect found in New Zealand consume male ejaculate after sex to give them enough energy for the following six months of parenting, when they don’t eat. The size of the ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes and destructive crop pests, according to ...

In the rough and tumble world of insect love, having a Zeus bug for a boyfriend just sucks. The girls haul the boys around on their backs for weeks at a time, feeding them all the while from a special ...