
BiologyOctober 15, 2018
How Insects Prepare for Winter
Research on the suspended-animation state called diapause might help save our crops—and our health
Julie Reynolds, PhD, is a research scientist at the Ohio State University in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, where she uses insects to study how animals adapt to extreme environments. She has spent the last 18 years trying to understand the ins and outs of insect diapause.

How Insects Prepare for Winter
Research on the suspended-animation state called diapause might help save our crops—and our health