Insect immune priming refers to the phenomenon whereby an initial exposure to a pathogen enhances the innate immune response upon subsequent encounters. Unlike the adaptive immunity of vertebrates, ...

Researchers are studying the dramatic physical transformation that some insects undergo to give birth to live young. This includes suppressing their immune systems to accommodate babies, which is ...

Researchers are studying the dramatic physical transformation that some insects undergo to give birth to live young. This includes suppressing their immune systems to accommodate babies, which is ...

Insects thrive in incredibly diverse and challenging environments. While we now know that nutrient-sensing pathways, ...

Weak immune systems aren’t the only reason the bird flu spread like it did. Domestication often involves growing large numbers of a single species in small concentrated areas, referred to as a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As researchers who study how domesticating animals changes their genes, we believe ...