Crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda exhibit a wide range of breeding systems, including dioecy (gonochorism), androdioecy, parthenogenesis, cyclic parthenogenesis, and hermaphroditism. The largest ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are working to breed queen bees with valuable genetic traits that will make them stronger at fighting off disease. Bees around the world have been ...

A two-day international conference on ‘Shrimp breeding, husbandry and nutrition’, being organised by the All India Shrimp Hatcheries Association (AISHA), got under way at Radisson Blu Resort, at ...

Three bee-eater birds are believed to have made a historic return to the UK. A colony of breeding bee-eaters successfully hatched chicks in Norfolk last summer. The RSPB said a trio of the colourful ...

As drones, the male bee's primary role is to mate with a fertile queen, while female bees are active in nectar and pollen gathering and are known as worker bees. West Australian researchers say the ...

Pesticides are killing off queen bees and threatening environmental catastrophe, new research reveals. The study showed that bee colonies exposed to certain pesticides produced a lower number of new ...