Super-fast flying machines defy body logic
The size of a tiny insect brain bears no comparison to the super capacity of its killer instinct and flying skills and speed.
Plants & Animals
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Drug pollution concentrates in stream bugs, passes to predators in water and on land
Sixty-nine pharmaceutical compounds have been detected in stream insects, some at concentrations that may threaten animals that feed on them, such as trout and platypus. When these insects emerge as flying adults, they can ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2018
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Coconut oil compounds repel insects better than DEET
Compounds derived from coconut oil are better than DEET at repelling blood-sucking insects, according to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
Biochemistry
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Widely used mosquito repellent proves lethal to larval salamanders
Insect repellents containing picaridin can be lethal to salamanders. So reports a new study published today in Biology Letters that investigated how exposure to two common insect repellents influenced the survival of aquatic ...
Ecology
Oct 31, 2018
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Study reveals best use of wildflowers to benefit crops on farms
With bee pollinators in decline and pesky crop pests lowering yields, sustainable and organic farmers need environmentally friendly solutions.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2018
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Microplastics are being overlooked in river ecosystems, 50 percent of freshwater insects contaminated
Research led by Cardiff University's School of Biosciences has revealed that microplastics are widespread in insects from South Wales rivers.
Environment
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Fossils reveal diverse Mesozoic pollinating lacewings
Insect pollination played an important role in the evolution of angiosperms. Little is known, however, about ancient pollination insects and their niche diversity during the pre-angiosperm period due to the rarity of fossil ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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A study of ants provides information on the evolution of social insects
One of the great puzzles of evolutionary biology is what induced certain living creatures to abandon solitary existence in favor of living in collaborative societies, as seen in the case of ants and other social, colony-forming ...
Plants & Animals
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Chinese fossils reveal middle-late Triassic insect radiation
Recently, scientists from China and the UK reported two Middle-Late Triassic entomofaunas, providing not only the earliest records of several modern insect elements, but also new insights into the early evolution of freshwater ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 5, 2018
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Study uses Herbarium samples to understand link between climate change and insect herbivory
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
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