News tagged with butterfly net
Warm winter may bring pest-filled spring
(AP) -- The mild winter that has given many Northern farmers a break from shoveling and a welcome chance to catch up on maintenance could lead to a tough spring as many pests that would normally freeze have not.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change
A high-speed chase across the Panama Canal in a Boston Whaler may sound like the beginning of another James Bond film—but the protagonist of this story brandishes a butterfly net and studies the effects of ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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In search of the 'lost ladybug'
Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella, or take notes with pens decorated ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Miami blue butterfly to be declared endangered
The tiny Miami blue butterfly, reduced to a few hundred survivors on isolated islands off Key West, will be formally declared a federally endangered species on Friday.
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
(AP) -- The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melodic golden-winged warbler ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Butterfly study sheds light on convergent evolution
For 150 years scientists have been trying to explain convergent evolution. One of the best-known examples of this is how poisonous butterflies from different species evolve to mimic each other's color patterns – in effect ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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California uses wasps in battle against apple moths
California agricultural officials will release hundreds of tiny, stinger-less wasps this month to combat the fruit- and leaf-eating light-brown apple moth, in a move to find alternatives to aerial pesticide spraying.
Jul 10, 2011 |
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Butterfly data to help guide restoration work
(PhysOrg.com) -- “Butterflies are Free,” so the old song and movie title says, but thanks to researchers at UALR’s Department of Biology in the College of Science and Mathematics, they also ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Secret lives of the furred and feathered
Call her the tabloid journalist of the animal world. Julie Feinstein, a PhD student at The City College of New York, has the dirt on all creatures great and small – specifically – the wild animals that live among ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Carnivorous plants losing ground in the U.S.
"This is the easy part," says Barry Rice, half-sliding, half-falling down a ravine through a latticework of dead branches.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Study takes first good look at largely unknown native pollinators
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ask a regular Joe on the street what he knows about bees, and he'll no doubt believe you to be talking about the kind brought to the U.S. long ago from Europe for honey-making purposes.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Rescue NET for lupus patients
Lupus is a disease where the immune system attacks healthy cells of the body. This leads to progressive damage of different tissues and organs. The classical characteristic of the disease is the so-called ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 03, 2010 |
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