If you spend much time ogling scorpionflies - odd, primitive insects that look as if they were designed by Dr. Seuss - you just might fall in love. Last week I spent three days looking for them with ...

Defying expectations, scorpionflies were found to have ecomorphed in parallel evolutions, independently adapting along different high altitude locations in Japan. Using Bayesian simulations and ...

Owing to the high competition and the prevalence of natural selection, many male insects must develop alternative tactics to mate with a female. Weaker males who lose in a competition (or loser males) ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 61, No. 5 (Mar., 2007), pp. 703-710 (8 pages) Female and male reproductive interests often differ. In species in which matings are accompanied by a transfer ...

An obscure group of scorpionflies with specialized mouthparts may have pollinated ancient plants millions of years before flowers evolved, a new study suggests. Fossils indicate that before flowers ...

After closely examining long-held specimens of insects from Nepal, University of Göttingen zoologist Rainer Willmann has newly described and classified a previously unknown genus of scorpionfly he ...

Before there were flowers, pollination of plants by insects was likely rare, and scientists had no idea of the insect culprits. But a new discovery suggests at least one flittering pollinator.

image: Defying expectations, scorpionflies were found to have ecomorphed in parallel evolutions, independently adapting along different high altitude locations in Japan. Using Bayesian simulations and ...

Alternative mating strategies of the Japanese scorpionfly have been studied sparingly over the years, primarily focusing on individual populations. Now, scientists compare the mating habits of male ...