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6,812 results for: Insects

  1. Ecosystems

    Moose drool can undermine grass defenses

    Saliva from moose and reindeer sabotages plants’ chemical weaponry.

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  2. Plants

    In dry times, these trees invest in ants

    The insects provide adequate defense by ganging up on leaf-eating caterpillars and biting their undersides until the herbivores fall off the tree.

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  3. Ecosystems

    Noise made by humans can be bad news for animals

    Animals live in a world of sounds. Clever experiments are finally teasing out how human-made noise can cause dangerous distractions.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Some grape-scented compounds repel mosquitoes

    Molecules discovered to drive away bugs after researchers identify cells that detect, and are disgusted by, DEET.

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  5. Animals

    Don’t mount so fast! That bug could be a boy

    Many insect males show same-sex mating behavior. What’s the cause? What’s the benefit? Is it real? Or are the bugs just in too much of a rush to stop?

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  6. Microbes

    Front doors carry ‘thin patina’ of poop bacteria

    A new map shows that Americans’ front door frames are coated in gut-dwelling microbes.

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  7. Ecosystems

    Light pollution takes a toll on the aquatic food web

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  8. Paleontology

    Dinosaur dreams dashed

    Fans of 'Jurassic Park' may be disappointed (or possibly relieved) to learn that you can’t get ancient DNA from amber.

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  9. Agriculture

    Sweet potato weevils have favorite colors

    When it comes to eradicating the sweet potato weevil, the devil is in the colorful details.

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  10. Animals

    Beware the pregnant scorpion

    Female striped bark scorpions are pregnant most of the time. That makes them fat, slow and really mean.

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  11. Ecosystems

    War’s ecological effects laid bare in ‘A Window on Eternity’

    In "A Window on Eternity," entomologist E.O. Wilson chronicles both the shifting ecology of Gorongosa National Park after the war and how researchers are trying to repair the damage.

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  12. Environment

    Five years on, Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact lingers

    Five years after the Gulf of Mexico’s largest disaster, researchers are still studying its ecological impact and struggling to learn the fate of most of the spilled oil.

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