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6,813 results for: Insects

  1. Health & Medicine

    In malaria battle, indoor bug spraying has unintended consequence

    Years of spraying indoors may inadvertently have push malaria-spreading mosquitoes to venture outdoors for a bite.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Mosquito moms can pass Zika to offspring

    In the lab, Zika virus can pass from a female mosquito to her eggs, suggesting how infections can flare up again after adult insects dwindle.

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  3. Animals

    To prevent cannibalism, bring chocolate

    If a date goes bad for a nursery web spider, a romantic gift can serve as a shield.

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  4. Animals

    Beetles that battle make better moms than ones that never fight

    Female burying beetles that have to fight before reproducing spend more time caring for offspring than beetles with no fighting experience, a new study finds.

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  5. Plants

    To catch a meal, a Venus flytrap counts to five

    It takes two taps to trigger a Venus flytrap to close. Another three, a new study finds, are needed to turn on genes for producing enzymes.

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  6. Archaeology

    Painting claimed to be among Australia’s oldest known rock art

    A painting on a cave’s ceiling may be one of Australia’s earliest examples of rock art, according to researchers who used an ancient wasps’ nest to date the art.

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  7. Science & Society

    We went to the March for Science in D.C. Here’s what happened

    Science News staff members reported live updates from the March for Science in Washington, D.C., on April 22.

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  8. Animals

    Ways to beat heat have hidden costs for birds

    Birds that look as if they’re coping with heat waves and climate change may actually be on a downward slide, with underappreciated disadvantages of panting and seeking shade.

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  9. Animals

    New species of hairy weevil named after Chewbacca

    A new weevil species,Trigonopterus chewbacca, joins the ranks of insects with a Star Wars moniker.

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  10. Animals

    To douse hot hives, honeybee colonies launch water squadrons

    The whole superorganism of a honeybee colony has sophisticated ways of cooling down.

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  11. Genetics

    Gene gives mice and chipmunks their pinstripes

    A recycled regulator paints on rodents’ light stripes.

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  12. Paleontology

    Free virtual fossils for everyone

    MorphoSource.org archives 3-D images of bones from over 200 genera of both living and extinct animals.

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