Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring
Some beetles go to great—and disgusting—lengths for their children.
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How insects activate muscles to adapt to limbs removed
Adaptability explains why insects spread so widely and why they are the most abundant animal group on earth. Insects exhibit resilient and flexible locomotion, even with drastic changes in their body structure such as losing ...
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Fast decisions of flying insects
Scientists are homing in on the amazing flying skills of insects. How flying insects are able to respond rapidly and appropriately in a fast-changing surroundings is a serious ambition of new Australian Research Council study.
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Unsure how to help reverse insect declines? Scientists suggest simple ways
Entomologist Akito Kawahara's message is straightforward: We can't live without insects. They're in trouble. And there's something all of us can do to help.
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Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world's insects
The world's vital insect kingdom is undergoing "death by a thousand cuts," the world's top bug experts said.
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Silkworm's brain determines diapause by thermal information
Diapause is a seasonal adaptation strategy of insects and animals in which biological functions are put on hold, such as insect eggs that remain dormant until conditions are more favorable to hatch. This is not a passive ...
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How climate change is disrupting ecosystems
The world is getting warmer and warmer—and many organisms native to lower latitudes or elevations are moving higher.
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Immune and circulatory systems are integrated in insects
Biologists have found solid proof that among the insect tree of life, the relationship between the immune and circulatory systems is consistent. The discovery will help researchers understand how insects—including the relatively ...
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Charles Darwin was right about why insects are losing the ability to fly
Most insects can fly.
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How the insect got its wings: Scientists (at last!) tell the tale
It sounds like a "Just So Story"—"How the Insect Got its Wings"—but it's really a mystery that has puzzled biologists for over a century. Intriguing and competing theories of insect wing evolution have emerged in recent ...
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