The Asian Hornet is one of 25 species whose whole genome has been read by the Wellcome Sanger Institute to create the first reference...

Our last paper which evaluated possible competition between native and alien hornets (Vespa crabro and Vespa velutina) received a...

A very nice article, written by Martina Saporiti and published on the Italian weekly "Il Venerdi- La Repubblica" on 12/01/2018, covered...

We’ve been representing the Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, in the I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here 25 genomes competition. The 25...

A paper on the ecological factors driving the rise and the reduction in butterfly diversity at population level on islands have just been...

I gave two talks, one at ECRO on Ontogeny of nestmate recognition in social wasps, and one in Rome, talking about the mechanisms and...

The implementation of proper and evidence-based conservation measures requires a reliable assessment of presence and/or abundance of...

The EU funded ALIEM project (Action pour Limiter les risques de diffusion des espèces Introduites Envahissantes en Méditerranée),...

I recently gave two talks about the researches we are performing in Florence on the behavioural ecology of Vespa velutina, the...

Rapid assessments of population distribution and consistency for endangered species is mandatory to implement appropriate conservation...