Sunday 31 December 2017

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Saturday 30 December 2017

southaussiemoth:An unusual Anthela sp from Cherry Gardens, South...

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daydreamodyssey:Met a little friend while walking

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Friday 29 December 2017

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Thursday 28 December 2017

daydreamodyssey:Met a little friend while walking

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Ant Neighbors: Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Messor pergandei

A friend is building a new house and he wanted to know about the ant colonies he found in his...
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Wednesday 27 December 2017

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Tuesday 26 December 2017

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Monday 25 December 2017

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Sunday 24 December 2017

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Saturday 23 December 2017

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Friday 22 December 2017

Get a little closer: Moth females use scent proximity to attract mates

Female moths with an ineffective pheromone blend can use proximity to better-smelling females to...
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Thursday 21 December 2017

What some bugs do for love, like sacrificing a leg

Males of many species must compete for mates, often using body parts scientists call...
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Wednesday 20 December 2017

Plant defense following the iron-maiden principle

Calcium phosphate is a typical component of animal teeth. It has recently been shown that plants of...
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Pesticides, poor nutrition damage animal health

The combined effects of pesticides and a lack of nutrition form a deadly one-two punch for animals,...
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Tuesday 19 December 2017

Isolating blood-feeding and non-biting genes in mosquitoes

Researchers have taken the first step on a path that eventually could result in female mosquitoes...
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Monday 18 December 2017

Flower or flesh? Genetics explain mosquito preference

New research is helping explain why most mosquitoes in one species choose flowers over blood meals....
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Birds learn from each other's 'disgust,' enabling insects to evolve bright colors

A new study of TV-watching great tits reveals how they learn through observation. Social...
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Thursday 14 December 2017

Monkeys infected by mosquito bites further Zika virus research

Monkeys who catch Zika virus through bites from infected mosquitoes develop infections that look...
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Wednesday 13 December 2017

The likelihood for mixed breeding between two songbird species lessens with warmer springs

Global climate warming is considered a major threat to many living organisms but not all...
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Dinosaur parasites trapped in 100-million-year-old amber tell blood-sucking story

Fossilized ticks discovered trapped and preserved in amber show that these parasites sucked the...
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Tuesday 12 December 2017

Night-flyers or day-trippers? Study sheds light on when moths, butterflies are active

Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night - or so you might think. In reality,...
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Mosquito sex protein could provide key to controlling disease

A protein transferred from male to female mosquitoes during sex influences female mating behavior...
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How honey bee gut bacteria help to digest their pollen-rich diet

The honey bee gut is colonized by specialized bacteria that help digest components of the floral...
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Monday 11 December 2017

Radar tracking reveals how bees develop a route between flowers

As bees gain foraging experience they continually refine both the order in which they visit flowers...
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Friday 8 December 2017

Insights on fast cockroaches can help teach robots to walk

Scientists show for the first time that fast insects can change their gait – like a...
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Caterpillar attacks allow aphids to sneak up on plants

A new study indicates that plants prioritize the protection of flowers over leaves and that...
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Thursday 7 December 2017

Common fungus helps dengue virus thrive in mosquitoes

A species of fungus that lives in the gut of some Aedes aegypti mosquitoes increases the ability of...
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Wednesday 6 December 2017

New species discovered in Malaysian rainforest during unprecedented, top-to-bottom survey

This fall, the California Academy of Sciences partnered with The Habitat Penang Hill and colleagues...
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Tuesday 5 December 2017

Zooming in on enzyme that repairs DNA damage from UV rays

A research team is using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) to study an enzyme found in plants,...
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Monday 4 December 2017

Chance record of an annual mass emergence of enigmatic mantis-flies

Being neither mantids nor flies, the peculiar mantis-flies are in fact predatory lacewings which use...
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Beetles' bright colors used for camouflage instead of warning off predators

Biologists have discovered that the bright color patterns of beetles are not a warning signal to...
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Sunday 3 December 2017

Ant Stridulation Record Sounds Are Impressive

Check out this new record, Stridulation Amplified: compositions with the stridulatory organ of Atta...
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