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6,812 results for: Insects

  1. Life

    Ants may be the first known insects ensnared in plastic pollution

    At this point, it’s unclear whether this type of trash harms insects, but the discovery highlights the ubiquity of plastic pollution in the wild.

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  2. Space

    See how the Hubble Space Telescope is still revolutionizing astronomy

    Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

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  3. Paleontology

    China’s famously rich dinosaur fossil beds get a new origins story

    Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Three U.S. tick species may cause a mysterious red meat allergy

    Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

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  5. Animals

    This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey

    Male fireflies trapped in the spider’s web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food.

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  6. Animals

    Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater

    After some bumblebee queens were accidentally submerged in water and survived, researchers found them to be surprisingly tolerant of flooding.

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  7. Animals

    At-home experiments shed light on cats’ liquid behavior

    Cats can flow like liquids through tall crevices, but they solidify a bit as they approach short crannies, new research shows.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Extreme heat and rain are fueling rising cases of mosquito-borne diseases

    Extreme Climate Update looks at the perfect storm climate change is creating for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, like dengue and West Nile.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Some countries have eliminated malaria, but cases are growing elsewhere

    Egypt was added to the list of malaria-free places in 2024, but climate change, conflict and other threats could increase cases especially in Africa.

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  10. Animals

    Male dragonflies’ wax coats might protect them against a warming climate

    The reflective wax, which cools males on sunny courtship flights, may also armor them against the effects of climate change.

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  11. Science & Society

    Do science dioramas still have a place in today’s museums?

    Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

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  12. Animals

    One mountain in Brazil is home to a surprising number of these parasitic wasps

    Darwin wasps were thought to prefer temperate areas. But researchers scoured a mountain in the Brazilian tropics and found nearly a hundred species.

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