Tag: Insects - Page 12
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Beautiful Dragonflies Hover Near Extinction (Slideshow)
In Western folklore, the dragonfly has been classified—if not vilified—as a sinister, mysterious, creature, a good friend of serpents and the devil, and even a thief.
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Beautiful Dragonflies Hover Near Extinction
In Western folklore, the dragonfly has been classified—if not vilified—as a sinister, mysterious, creature, a good friend of serpents and the devil, and even a thief. Today, however, entomological research shows that dragonflies are, in fact,
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Engineers Design Prize-Winning Insect Hotel For London Parks
Bonnie recently covered the five shortlisted designs in the Beyond the Hive Competition. Designers were challenged to create " an ecologically sustainable and creative insect habitat."
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7 Animals Way Smarter Than Us
Bodies that work with the Earth's magnetic field to determine location. Female-only societies. Telling whether you're a friend or a jerk there to make trouble with just one whiff. Homes so efficient they keep one steady temperature all
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RFI Tags Help Track British Bee Brain Damage
The flight patterns of bees in Britain is getting some special attention as scientists study potential causes for colony collapse disorder. Researchers are fitting tiny radio tags to the insects to monitor their flights
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Saharan Bees Survive 10,000 Year Isolation
Around the world, honeybee populations are shrinking. Some colonies suffer from infestations of parasitic mites, others, the widespread use of pesticides, and some struggle to cope with changing climatic conditions.
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400+ Bugs Killed in Record-Breaking Mosquito Hunt
If watching the World Cup isn't satisfying your love of sport, folks in Estonia have developed a game that may give you a new itch to scratch. Recently, thirty-seven brave participants gathered on a field in the city of Tartu to compete in a
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Beware Young Grasshopper...Of the USDA
The USDA announced plans yesterday to allocate $11 million of its budget to efforts this summer to control the spread of native grasshoppers throughout eleven western states. That money
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Solar Panels Fatally Attractive to Aquatic Insects
Photo: Flickr, CC "Like going to the most amazing 3D movie you've ever seen and you can't leave" A new study discovered that solar panels are apparently mesmerizing to certain types of insects (mostly aquatic). What happens is that solar panels reflect
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Architects Design 5 Star Hotel for Insects
This 5 star hotel for insects sounds better than most of the dumps that I've stayed in... Award winning, designed by prestigious architects and a great location in the middle of a park. Where
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Butterfly Biomimicry Can Curb Counterfeiting of Banknotes
The iridescence of butterfly wings have been the source of inspiration for more energy efficient yet vivid displays, but their shine is proving useful for brightening up not just our gadgets, but the money we buy them
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Robot Butterfly Means Breakthroughs for Biomimicry in Aviation (Video)
While butterfly populations worldwide struggle to stay afloat as the global temperature rises and changes their migration patterns and food sources, scientists have been hard at work coming up with their replacement - the
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Genetically Modified Cotton Associated With Increased Plant Bug Attacks On Food Crops
Authors of a 15-year long field study in China have reported that cotton "farms gradually become a source of mirid bug infestations, in parallel with the rise of Bt cotton.
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Researchers Create Artificial Spider Silk Spinner
Scientists have been investigating how to mimic spider silk for years. The seemingly delicate threads actually have a tensile strength five times greater than steel, and the possibilities for using a similar material in
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Fire Destroys Huge Animal Collection in Brazil
A fire broke out this weekend in Brazil, destroying one of the world's largest collections of snakes, spiders, and scorpions. Housed at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, the collection contained roughly 500 thousand dead
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Weedwhacker More Efficient Than DDT When It Comes to Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes spread Malaria, and while the drug to combat the disease is relatively cheap, the distribution of it is problematic. That's why mosquito nets are such an important measure of prevention - they're cheaper
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Study: Mosquitoes Prefer the Blood of Beer Drinkers
Barley and hops means more bumps and itching, according to a recent study that says mosquitoes prefer to bite beer drinkers. As if we needed more reasons to kill mosquitoes.
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Amazon Expedition Aims to Collect 100,000 Bugs
To date, around 1
