Researchers have studied gene expression dynamics during metamorphosis in two species of flies. Published in the Genome ...

Knowing about the lifespan of common flies helps to get rid of the pesky invaders The lifespan of adult flies varies ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. “What happens inside a chrysalis during metamorphosis?” asked Chris ...

Complete metamorphosis seems to have arisen in insects only around 350 million years ago, before the dinosaurs. Most researchers now believe that metamorphosis evolved to lessen the competition for ...

A research team of scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and Princeton University has provided insights into the origins of complete metamorphosis in insects. More than 60% of all animal ...

Tens of millions of years after the development of wings, complete metamorphosis emerged. “It happened, and then the insects exploded in terms of diversification, numbers,” Truman said.

Metamorphosis refers to the insect’s life cycle, and how it changes and grows into an adult. Insects may have complete or incomplete (simple) metamorphosis. The life cycle of insects with complete ...

Complete metamorphosis transforms caterpillars into butterflies, reshaping not only the bodies of the insects but their behaviors and identities. New work reveals in detail for the first time how ...