The Nikon photomicrography competition winners of 2018 include striking close-ups of a compound eye, a fern, and an insect’s bubble house.

A bee researcher finds that his subjects are protected from viral infections when they dine on fungus.

Critics of an agricultural research initiative cite concerns about possible weaponization of the resulting technology, which would use infected insects to deliver genetically modified viruses to plants.

A study of chemical tags on histone proteins hints at how the same genome can yield very different animals.

A single transcription factor regulates a harlequin ladybird’s colors.

Sulfoxaflor, an alternative insect-killer to older chemicals that decimate pollinators, turns out to kneecap colonies.

Transport of food sways between two modes.

Compound eyes provide insects such as this robber fly with large fields of vision.