For prey in the animal kingdom, one wrong move can mean death. Species have evolved camouflage to blend into their environment – some moths may share the colour of the tree bark they rest on while a lizard might resemble ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2019
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Groucho Marx once joked, "Anything that can't be done in bed isn't worth doing at all." You might think he was referring to sleeping and sex. But humans, at one time or another, have done just about everything in bed.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2019
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that "sticky" hairlike structures on tobacco leaves can help attract beneficial insects that scavenge on other insects trapped on the leaves, increasing leaf yield ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2019
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Ted Kennedy sums up what he sees along the river in the Grand Canyon: "It's buggy out there."
Environment
May 4, 2019
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Defensive compounds produced by microbes are a major source of antibiotics and other important medicines. But with resistant bugs appearing faster than potential allies, researchers are taking their search for drug candidates ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 9, 2019
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You might think that mowing fields wouldn't benefit monarch butterfly populations. New research from Michigan State University, however, shows that disturbances like mowing—at key times—might help boost the iconic butterfly's ...
Ecology
Mar 12, 2019
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Thought to be Canada's most promising potential defense against the brown marmorated stink bug—a globally spreading agricultural pest native to Asia—the samurai wasp (another species from Asia and natural parasitoid of ...
Ecology
Feb 25, 2019
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Every winter stink bugs infiltrate homes across the United States and two new studies published in the Journal of Economic Entomology by Virginia Tech researchers may shed some light on ways to keep the pests away.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2019
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Brown marmorated stink bugs are master home invaders. Particularly in winter, when they seek shelter from the cold, if a structure has a gap or entrance large enough to fit through, they will find it.
Ecology
Feb 13, 2019
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Certain bacteria dwelling in the human gut might feed depression, according to a new study that adds evidence to the theory.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2019
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