It's no secret. Colorado's forests have had a tough time in recent years. While natural disturbances such as insect outbreaks and wildfires occurred historically and maintained forest health over time, multiple, simultaneous ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2021
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A worryingly high number of Asian bamboo longhorn beetles (Chlorophorus annularis) turn out to have been emerging across Europe for about a century already, finds an international research team, headed by researchers from ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2021
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One of the most intriguing features in all living beings is the 'biological clock,' an internal time-keeping mechanism that governs our behavioral pattern (such as the sleep-wake cycle). In fact, the biological clock dictates ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2021
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For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2021
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Bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire alone are not a death sentence for Colorado's beloved forests—but when combined, their toll may become more permanent, shows new research from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Feb 8, 2021
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Natural History Museum Senior Curator of Insects Max Barclay has discovered that a pair of perfectly preserved beetles, donated to its collection in the 1970s, are almost 4,000 years old—and a species never known to have ...
Evolution
Jan 28, 2021
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Cattle farmers deal with a lot of persistent crap—literally. And the humble dung beetle might just be the answer they've been looking for.
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2021
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Trapped in amber for ~100 million years, an exceptionally well-preserved, light-producing beetle sheds light on the diversification of bioluminescent beetles in the Cretaceous period and provides the missing fossil link between ...
Evolution
Jan 19, 2021
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Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into the air, and they do so without using their legs. While the jump's motion has been studied in depth, the physical mechanisms that enable the beetles' signature ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2021
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Some beetles go to great—and disgusting—lengths for their children.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2021
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