Plants in dense tropical forests are able to mask their chemical scents in order to avoid being detected and eaten by insects—a key advantage in the "information arms race" between themselves and plant-eating herbivores, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2020
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High levels of pollution found in many of the world's major cities are having negative effects on plants and insects, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2018
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When she set out to understand whether climate changes over the past century might be effecting how much insects were eating various plants, Emily Meineke decided to go straight to the source—the plants themselves.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2018
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Insectivorous birds, represented by more than 6,000 species, are found across the world in all major land ecosystems. The fact that they are extremely useful as natural enemies of herbivorous insects had been known for some ...
Ecology
Jul 9, 2018
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Herbivorous insects are estimated to be responsible for destroying one-fifth of the world's total crop production annually, but a new, natural approach to pesticides that turns insects' taste and smell preferences against ...
Biotechnology
Oct 30, 2017
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Do bluebirds nesting in California's vineyards help grape growers by eating agricultural pests, or hurt them by eating insects that are beneficial? The researchers behind a new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances found ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2016
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Insects are picky eaters, and not the voracious eat-everything-in-sight bingers that devour all the plants in your garden.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2015
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Spider silk is light and delicate, while incredibly resilient and tear-resistant. Understanding the structure and way of construction of these threads is a challenge taken up by a research team of Kiel University. The scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2014
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Plants are not solitary, defenceless organisms but rather the centre of a vibrant community consisting of tens or even hundreds of insect species. Plants possess a wide range of defence mechanisms that are activated in response ...
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2014
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Animals have an easy life. They can run, hide, or bite back when predators are on the prowl. Plants cannot. Instead they have evolved to deploy a range of defence mechanisms including chemical warfare and insect armies.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2014
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