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6,812 results for: Insects

  1. Health & Medicine

    Mosquito spit can increase dengue severity

    By weakening blood vessels, mosquito saliva may make dengue fever more severe in some cases.

    By Amy McDermott
  2. Life

    Fruit fly’s giant sperm is quite an exaggeration

    Giant sperm, about 20 times a male fruit fly’s body length, could make the insects the champs of supersized sexual ornaments.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    The dodo was no dummy

    Dodos may have been quite smart, 3-D skull scans suggest.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Genetics

    Seeing the upside in gene drives’ fatal flaw

    Gene drives’ fatal flaw could be a bonus.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Plants

    Pretty flower uses dead arthropods to lure protectors

    A sticky columbine from California lures arthropods to their death to lure protectors to the plant, a new study suggests.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Health & Medicine

    WHO declares international emergency for cases linked to Zika virus

    The recent spate of birth defects and neurological disorders linked to Zika virus infection constitutes an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared February 1.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Animals

    Tiny ants move a ton of soil

    For the first time, scientists have quantified how much soil ants move underground.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  8. Animals

    ‘On the Wing’ chronicles origins of flying animals

    In "On the Wing," a biomechanicist reviews how animals took to the air.

    By Sid Perkins
  9. Animals

    Ants’ size and profession controlled by chemical tags on DNA

    Epigenetic marks determine whether female Florida carpenter ants are soldiers or foragers.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  10. Anthropology

    Humans, birds communicate to collaborate

    Bird species takes hunter-gatherers to honeybees’ nests when called on.

    By Bruce Bower
  11. Animals

    Gut bacteria compounds bring cockroaches together

    Gut bacteria in young German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) produce fragrant compounds that, when excreted, attract other roaches.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  12. Health & Medicine

    Efforts to control mosquitoes take on new urgency

    The major mosquito that is spreading Zika virus has quirks that make it one of the toughest to fight.

    By Susan Milius