"Vertebrates chomp off either half a leaf or the whole leaf," she said ... the connection between a warming climate and insect herbivory, the study also revealed that urbanization can have ...

The tougher the leaf, the less evidence of insect herbivory. The more intense the light, the more frequently scientists encountered leaves that showed no signs at all of herbivory. “The ...

For both species of tree, higher levels of artificial light meant tougher leaves. The tougher the leaf, the less evidence of insect herbivory. The more intense the light, the more frequently ...

However, this is the first study to compare herbivory in the past with the modern era. Fossilized leaf with insect damage from Wyoming's Hanna Basin, about 54 million years old. Photo by Lauren ...

Their broad leaves with robust midvein also make insect damage easy to detect. The first fossil gigantopterid leaf showing the ... and ecology than just herbivory," McLoughlin said.

The giant Malaysian leaf insect (Pulchriphyllium giganteum) starts life as a reddish brown color but turns green after eating the leaves in its surroundings. Like the vegetation they mimic ...

A surprise clutch of eggs has solved a century-old leaf insect mystery. A female Phyllium asekiense, a leaf insect from Papua New Guinea. Like many leaf insects, P. asekiense was known only from ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The viburnum leaf beetle, an invasive insect native to Europe, has been found for the first time in Minnesota. An Eden Prairie resident found an insect feeding on arrowwood ...

echinatior. (Credit: T.R.S., in a study published by Nature Communications, via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — A well-known leaf-cutting ant grows its own body armor using biominerals, a protective ...