Tag: Insects - Page 8
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SciSpy iPhone App Turns Citizen Science Into Neighborhood Adventure Hunt
A new app from Discovery's Science Channel will have you crawling around the backyard with your iPhone hunting for strange bugs and odd flowers, and claiming the title of citizen scientist. With this app, you can participate in a
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Join Bee Expert & Tyler Prize Laureate Professor May Berenbaum for a Live Discussion on the Crucial Role of Insects, Tuesday March 29th, 2.30PM EST
With the epic fight to save the bees still in progress, honeybees and other insects always kick up an interesting discussion here on TreeHugger. But few can claim to be as knowledgeable or
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Ant-Control Product Sold Online Contained Pesticide Banned in 1978; EPA Issues Warning to Customers
More than 2,800 customers in the U.S. may have purchased an ant-control product that contains a pesticide that was banned in 1978. The product is called Fast Ant Bait, and was found to contain mirex, a pesticide the EPA says
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Spiders Fleeing Floods Build Mosquito Buffet in Trees
When heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and flood parts of Pakistan last year, it set into motion a surprisingly complex chain of events that scientists are only now beginning to understand -- and which may have
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Say it with Butterflies - Green Start-Up Grows Monarch Butterflies for Events, Therapy & Conservation
Here is an interesting buisness idea; grow butterflies to let fly at special ocasions and at the same time help the enviornment as well as people with special needs. The project is called Mariposeando (Spanish for something
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RoboRoach Kit Makes You Mind Master of Live Cockroaches (Video)
Um, PETA? You might have a problem with this. It's a DIY kit that turns the average cockroach into a remote
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The Safest Organic Pest Repellent Ever?
Organic gardeners and farmers like to talk about balance in nature and working with natural systems, not against them. To that end, the idea of eradicating pests becomes a self-defeating goal as it throws nature off balance and
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Parasitic Fly Helps Revolutionize Antenna Technology
It's no surprise that many bugs have excellent hearing thanks to finely honed antenna. Checking out the giant antenna on the tiny bug above, it seems no surprise that they can hear surprisingly well. In
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Beekeepers at River Cottage Show How to Split a Hive (Video)
Last week's post on beekeeping alternatives and top-bar hives drew a lot of attention, as did this video introduction to beekeeping. So I am guessing the fact that celebrity eco-chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is
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New Zealand's New Weapon in War on Climate Gases
Christchuch, the second largest city in New Zealand and site of yesterday's damaging earthquake, has about 350,000 inhabitants. Yet most of this beautiful country is more pastoral, and
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Mitchell's Satyr, One of World's Most Endangered Butterflies, Gets Wing Up
Beautiful, chocolate-brown Mitchell's Satyr butterflies used to frequent up to five U.S. states. Today, this species of butterfly can only be found in 19 "fens," a type of unique, low-nutrient wetland area, in
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Carnivorous Clock Takes a Bite Out of Bugs While Telling Time
We have a strange fascination with carnivorous gadgets -- they're sort of eco-friendly, since they run on alternative energy, and they're a way to get rid of pests like mosquitos and flies without the use of chemicals. There's no
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10 Animal Courtship Rituals a Guy Could Learn From (Slideshow)
Does a dung beetle find love easier than us? From the humblest worm to the majestic blue whale, creatures large and small have spent hundreds of millions of years conceiving a variety of ways to impress their mates.
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10 Animal Courtship Rituals a Guy Could Learn From
Does a dung beetle find love easier than us? From the humblest worm to the majestic blue whale, creatures large and small have spent hundreds of millions of years conceiving a variety of ways to impress their mates. So, with Valentine's Day just around t
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"Death Of A Forest" Documentary Details The Killing of Keystone Species by Pine Beetles
The mountain pine beetle infestations are spreading. As filmmaker Michael Pellegatti states, "To date millions of
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Planetary Survivors: See The World Through Cockroach Eyes at The Science Museum
Well this is an entertaining idea. The Science Museum in London is offering tours of their climate, energy and space galleries from the perspective of a cockroach - costume and all!
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Beepods Bring Back an Old Design for Better Beekeeping
In an effort to help make urban beekeeping a little easier for humans and a little more pleasant for bees, the folks at Beepods are bringing back a design that has been used for thousands of years. The typical beehive we see used by
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Studying Nature in the Middle of Manhattan
When many of us think of "nature" we probably think of forests, lakes, or meadows. We know that we see nature in our gardens or in our neighborhood parks. Chances are good that when we're walking
