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Tardigrades utilize a tetrapod-like stepping pattern remarkably similar to that observed in insects, despite significant disparities in size and skeletal structure between the two groups, according to new research led by scientists from Rockefeller and Princeton Universities. Hypsibius exemplaris. Image credit: Tarushika Vasanthan & Jonathon Stone, doi: 10.22120/jwb.2020.96855.1037. The vast …

Tardigrades utilize a tetrapod-like stepping pattern remarkably similar to that observed in insects, despite significant disparities in size and skeletal structure between the two groups, according to new research led by scientists from Rockefeller and Princeton Universities. Hypsibius exemplaris. Image credit: Tarushika Vasanthan & Jonathon Stone, doi: 10.22120/jwb.2020.96855.1037. The vast …

Plant guttation, a fluid from xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves from many plant species, serves as a reliable and nutrient-rich food source for many insects, including bees, wasps and flies, according to new research by scientists from Rutgers University, the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias …

According to a new study published in The Science of Nature, the annual prey kill of the global spider community is in the range of 400-800 million metric tons (fresh weight), with insects and springtails composing more than 90% of the captured prey. Jumping spider Phidippus mystaceus feeding on a …