September 1, 2021
Prehistoric climate change repeatedly channeled human migrations across Arabia
New research shows that over the last 400,000 years, multiple pulses of increased rainfall transformed the generally arid Arabian Peninsula into a hospitable route for human population movements across Southwest Asia (Nature, September 2021) more »
July 6, 2021
The evolution of vinegar flies is based on the variation of male sex pheromones
Max Planck researchers decipher the chemical language underlying mating in 99 species of the genus Drosophila (Nature Communications, July 2021) more »
May 14, 2021
How moths find their “flame”
An international team of biologists has discovered the gene controlling the mating preference of male European corn borer moths for the female sex pheromone (Nature Communications, May 2021) more »
May 11, 2021
Horseradish flea beetle: Protected with the weapons of its food plant
Researchers elucidate how the insect regulates the accumulation of plant toxins via special transporters (Nature Communications, May 2021) more »