Tag: Insects - Page 8
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Oriental Hornets Are Literally Solar Powered
While it's true that the vast web of life on this planet is essentially solar powered--without the sun's energy there is no life--new research shows that oriental hornets (Vespa
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Bizarre Insects Inspire Unintentionally Surreal Art
In the first half of the last century, a German blacksmith named Alfred Keller began crafting some of the most surrealistic, alien-seeming sculptures the world had ever seen -- delicate works which took months to complete. These
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'Extinct' Spider Rediscovered in England
Originally discovered in the 1950s, the Rosser's sac spider was elusive—evading even a
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Scientists Make a Nutty Discovery About Crickets
Sometimes when researchers explore the array of complex and fascinating creatures on this planet, what they find has power to renew our sense of wonder about nature, and even to change the way we look at life
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Trippy Bowls Inspired By Spiders On Drugs
Spiders are one of nature's most capable engineers, crafting their delicate webs with uncanny precision, making it seem so effortless -- but when they get high on drugs, boy is it a different story. Once, in order to test
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Celebrating Biodiversity in an Explosion of Colour at The Natural History Museum's Amazonia Show
In a celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity Lucy and Jorge Orta's Amazonia show at The Natural History Museum in London is a riotous display of colour and texture. This prolific pair of artists, famous for the exploration of social and
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How Chinese Stink Bugs Helped Inspire One Man To Save 35% On His Home Heating Bill
I've written before about how people in the US Mid-Atlantic states hate Chinese Stink Bugs (which first hitch-hiked into the US State of
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Wind Turbine Color Makes Difference in Bird & Bat Deaths
Here's a twist in the ongoing not-so-big problem with wind turbines killing birds and bigger problem with them killing bats: New research published in the European
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Malaysia Messes With Mosquito Genes to Fight Dengue Fever
Mosquitos are the bane of humans as they're a primary way diseases from malaria to dengue fever are spread. Malaysia has been fighting a frustrated battle with dengue fever, and might become the first
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Good News: Invasive Chinese Stink Bugs Repelled by Common Weed Extract
If you're living in one of the US states which has experienced
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Solar-Powered Cockroach A Perfect Practical Joke
Perhaps this little insect is really perfect timing for Halloween, but it falls into our weird solar device category nonetheless. The black back of the cockroach sports a solar panel so it can wriggle around a surface, and easily
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Fascinating New Species Found in Papua New Guinea
When it comes to finding fascinating species previously unknown to science, it turns out that forests of Papua New Guinea are a darn good place to look. Researchers have recently disclosed their
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Mutant Silkworms Produce Super Strong Spider Silk (Video)
Scientists have been studying for years how to mass produce spider silk, a super strong wonder-material that we could use for countless purposes, if we could make enough of it. While some researchers work on devising
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Are Fireflies Disappearing? Citizen Science Project Plans to Find Out
The Museum of Science has noted that over the last few years, anecdotal evidence points to a decline in firefly numbers. But no one knows for sure if this is true, so they've started a 10-year program coordinating volunteer citizen
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Amazing High-Speed Videos Reveal Hidden Details of Insect Flight
Bugs move so quickly that it seems impossible to tell how they really move their wings and fly. But Wired has a crazy collection of high-speed videos showing insect flight. Check out what it looks like as
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Week in Animal Photos: Curious Bugs, Bomb-Sniffing Rats and More (Slideshow)
What's going on in the animal world this week? From bugs with personalities and 50,000 minks set free in Greece to baby pandas, baby rhinos, and a newly-discovered chameleon, find out in our Week in Animal Photos
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Week in Animal Photos: Curious Bugs, Bomb-Sniffing Rats and More
What's going on in the animal world this week? From bugs with personalities and 50,000 minks set free in Greece to baby pandas, baby rhinos, and a newly-discovered chameleon, find out in our Week in Animal Photos slideshow. Bug Close-Ups by Jimmy Hoffman
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NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and Wild Fires (Video)
Mountain pine beetles have been a problem for many years, especially the last decade. Warming temperatures have helped the destructive insect move into new territories. Their booming numbers and rapid
