Tag: Insects - Page 11
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10 Creepy Endangered Bugs You Shouldn't Squish
Before your survival instinct kicks in and you grab a shoe to smack these spiders, beetles, snails, and other insects, keep in mind: They might be creepy, but that doesn't make them less important to the ecosystem. All the bugs
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How Cockroach Brains May One Day Save Your Life
They´re the insect that everyone loves to hate - but one day a cockroach just may save your life. Typically despised for being ugly, dirty, and icky, the hardy critters actually possess powerful antibiotic properties inside
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New Bee Species Discovered During Downtown Toronto Commute
Researchers Jason Gibbs who was working on a study of sweat bees
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Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack
I admit there's no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it's just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a "chemical SOS" signal
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Global Warming-Loving Beetle Threatens World's Coffee Supply
This year's coffee prices area already at a 12-year high due to low crop yields in South America, but it looks like prices could tighten again in the future if a particular beetle continues to bask in
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Mosquitos From Climate Change Hell Chasing Midwesterners Back Inside
Fear of disease is such a strong motivator. And most people hate insects,. Hence, you will occasionally see reference to the risk of climate-led outbreaks of
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New Honeybee Breed Key to Combating Colony Collapse Disorder
A British beekeeper has been working on creating a new strain of honeybee resistant to the varroa mite, a prime suspect in colony collapse disorder (CCD), and it looks like he's hit a high note after 18 years of careful
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Strange Animals that Glow in the Dark (Slideshow)
When the sun goes down, the creatures of the night come out: And some have really weird and incredible built-in ways to keep the lights on. The
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Artificial Bee Eye Helps Mini Flying Robots See Better
The use of biomimicry has become increasingly helpful in robotics, but it's mainly been helpful in devising better ways for robots to move, whether swimming like a fish, flying like a butterfly, or crawling like a
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Mosquitoes Love Black Leggings, Thai Gov't Warns
Recently, officials in Thailand issued a message to women, particularly teenage girls, warning them of the dangers of wearing black leggings -- suggesting instead that they switch to jeans. While it may sound a bit like the sentiments of an overbearing
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Woman Kills Over 4 Million Mosquitoes, Wins a Prize
If mosquitoes have nightmares, odds are Huang Yuyen will be making an appearance in them. Yuyen, a pig farmer from Taiwan, may soon find a place in the record books for killing the most winged-bloodsuckers in a month -- over 4
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Ant Colony Living in a Scanner Is Recorded Over 5 Years (Video)
Ants are amazing creatures. When we stop to really take a look at them, their status bumps up from pest to anything from hero to inspiration for biomimicry. So it's no wonder some people like to keep ant farms for a
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Urban Bedbug Onslaught Is A Curse On Dense Living, Recycling, & Energy Efficiency
Bedbugs are are becoming quite the urban plague again, resurgent and causing much misery in US cities after decades of being a relatively rare problem. Some methods of being rid of bed bugs, these days, are pretty awful
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Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Insecticide
This past Thursday, the NRDC and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to try to force the agency to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. Chlorpyrifos, an
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Bee Murder at San Francisco's Hayes Valley Farm: Unknown Attacker Sprays Hives with Pesticide
I was just at Hayes Valley Farm this past Sunday, volunteering at the urban farm turning a crumbling freeway into crop land for local food production and education. I was working within 15 feet of two bee hives the entire
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Planet 100: Top 5 Genius Animals
We humans presume we're smarter than animals, but are we really? Let's take a closer look as we countdown the Top 5 Genius Animals.#5 Paul the Octopus In at number 5, he was the eight legged star of the World
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Great Mini-Doc Highlights Ants as Invaluable "Invisible Majority" (Video)
In a new video by KQED, ants are highlighted as the miracle creatures that they are. Brian Fisher, aka "The Ant Guy," shows how important ants are to maintaining ecosystems. And while we think ant
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Man Kills 200,000 Ants To Make Artistic Statement
While it doesn't rank on par with killing an endangered animal like a tiger or bluefin tuna in the name of art, killing 200,000 ants to create a piece of art is still falls on the odd, and cruel side. Chris Trueman from California
