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Science & Tech News tagged with insects

Bees and Ants 'Operate in Teams'
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, environment, interesting, insects, research, science, world )

Dan
- 268 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Bees and ants are true team players unlike other creatures who seek safety in numbers for selfish reasons, according to researchers from Edinburgh and Oxford Universities. Logged in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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America's Disappearing Forests
Science & Tech  (tags: science, forests, insects, research, trees, pine, Americaclimate )

Mimi
- 391 days ago - video.nytimes.com
The mountain pine beetle, an insect pest, is destroying massive swaths of American lodgepole pine.
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Searching For Rare Ladybugs, With Unusual Spots
Science & Tech  (tags: investigation, news, research, science, study, world, entemologists, insects, displaced species )

Jan
- 419 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers with ARS, Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y., and South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings want people to photograph every ladybug possible, and to send the photos to Cornell so researchers can inventory the insects.
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Experts Fear Fireflies Are Dwindling
Science & Tech  (tags: fireflies, insects, endangered, environment, science, nature, scientists, world, study )

SirRobert
- 470 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
The fate of fireflies has drawn more than 100 entomologists and biologists to study the 70% decline worldwide. From backyards in Tennessee to riverbanks in Southeast Asia, the numbers are dwindling.
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Birds Get the Credit, But Bats Eat More Bugs
Science & Tech  (tags: bats, research, insects )

Ingrid
- 621 days ago - reuters.com
Bats play a bigger role than birds do in controlling tropical insects, and the loss of bats might mean that morning cup of coffee gets more expensive
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Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches Are Popular, But They Also Host Potent Mold Allergens
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, humans, environment, health, study, discovery, allergens, allergic, allergies, cockroach, insects, Madagascar, mold, species, spores )

J.
- 638 days ago - researchnews.osu.edu
In captivity,the insects thrive on dog food & fruit, reproduce plentifully & do not bite. But their hard bodies & feces are home to many mold species that could be triggering allergies in the kids and adults who handle the bugs, according to a new study.
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Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs?
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, climate, dinosaurs, insects, ClimateChange, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, humans, research, science, killing, special, interesting )

Joe
- 702 days ago - time.com
"By now, scientists have a pretty good idea of what conditions were like in the Cretaceous period, which started about 135 million years ago, and came to a sudden end 70 million years later, with the death of the dinosaurs." (First sentence of article).
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Entomologists Train Insects to Act Like Sniffing Dogs
Science & Tech  (tags: insects )

Michael
- 704 days ago - sciencedaily.com
If rewarded with sugary water, wasps can be trained in minutes to follow specific smells. The olfactory sensors in their antennae can sense chemicals in the air in concentrations as tiny as a few parts per billion.
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Sex Switch Points Way to Smarter Pest Control
Science & Tech  (tags: pest control, receptor, insects, egg-laying )

Eduardo
- 737 days ago - reuters.com
Scientists found a molecular receptor, or switch, common to all insects that sets off post-mating behaviors like egg-laying. Developing a chemical to block its action could stop insect populations in their tracks and fight the spread of many diseases.
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Untangling An Artistic Spider Web
Science & Tech  (tags: spiders, web, insects, predators, science )

Eduardo
- 757 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
Argiope spiders are the Picassos of the arachnid world, weaving exquisite zigzag and spiral patterns into their webs. And like any masterpiece, the designs draw a crowd. Insects and other prey prefer the stylish silk to more humdrum netting.
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Robots Don't Bug Cockroaches
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, study, research, robots, roaches, insects, society, cockroaches )

Dave
- 760 days ago - apnews.myway.com
Tiny robots programmed to act like roaches were able to blend into cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to self-organize into leaderless groups, seeming to reach consensus on where...
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New Insect Species Arrives in UK
Science & Tech  (tags: insects, environment, science )

Maria Viv
- 767 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Almost every tree in Britain is likely to be home to a Barkfly, and now a new family member has come to stay - all the way from the Atlantic Islands.
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