TIFTON — A small weevil that lives inside corn kernels is costing Georgia growers millions of dollars each year. A University of Georgia scientist has teamed up with farmers and county Extension ...

Thousands of years ago, Japanese artisans had a habit of mixing maize weevils into their clay when making pottery. The recent discovery of a single pot packed with an estimated 500 weevils is adding ...

(Left) The location of the Yakushoden site where the pottery with insect (weevil) impressions was discovered is indicated by the number 1. (Other numbers in the image indicate areas discussed in the ...

Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into its design. The vessel was discovered in ...

KUMAMOTO, JAPAN—According to a statement released by Kumamoto University, Hiroki Obata and his colleagues examined CT scans of 3,600-year-old pottery unearthed at the Yakushoden site in southern Japan ...

Using X-rays, a researcher has imaged 28 impressions of maize weevils on pottery shards from the late Jomon period (around 3,600 years ago) excavated from the Yakushoden site in Miyazaki Prefecture.