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6,813 results for: Insects

  1. Physics

    Common motion emerges in swarms of only 10 midges

    A swarm of midges may start to fly as a collective group with as few as 10 individuals, a new study shows.

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  2. Genetics

    Evolve and Linkage turn science into games

    In the two new games Evolve and Linkage, biological principles are made entertaining and strategic.

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  3. Animals

    Even on remote islands, busy ports mean more invasives

    Islands with lots of trading ties are more likely to be colonized by invasive species, even when they are geographically remote, a new study of anoles reveals.

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  4. Environment

    Decline in birds linked to common insecticide

    In addition to harming bee populations, neonicotinoid insecticides may also be detrimental to bug-eating birds.

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  5. Animals

    Insect form of sexual frustration takes toll

    Smelling female fruit flies but not mating with them can actually shorten males’ lives.

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  6. Animals

    Bats jam each other in echolocation battles for food

    By blaring a special call at just the right instant, Mexican free-tailed bats can ruin each other’s sonar-guided swoops toward prey.

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  7. Life

    Flying animals can teach drones a thing or two

    Scientists have turned to Mother Nature’s most adept aerial acrobats — birds, bees, bats and other animals — to inspire their designs for self-directed drones.

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  8. Genetics

    Scorpion’s sting evolved from insects’ defensive proteins

    With a single genetic mutation, an insect’s defensive proteins can be transformed into a toxin that gives scorpions their signature sting, a new study shows.

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  9. Computing

    Barrel jellyfish may hunt with new kind of math

    Barrel jellyfish use a new type of mathematical movement pattern to forage for food, a new study suggests.

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  10. Animals

    Rock ants favor left turns in unfamiliar crevices

    Rock ants’ bias for turning left in mazes, a bit like handedness in people, may reflect different specializations in the halves of their nervous system.

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  11. Animals

    It’s bat vs. bat in aerial jamming wars

    In nighttime flying duels, Mexican free-tailed bats make short, wavering sirenlike sounds that jam each other’s sonar.

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  12. Animals

    Most extreme female penis is found on cave lice

    Female penis, male vagina have been discovered in tiny Brazilian insects.

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