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6,813 results for: Insects
- Animals
Bedbugs survive cold, but not for too long
Some studies have indicated that cold might kill bedbugs after as little as one hour of exposure. But new research finds that’s not the case.
- Animals
Noise may disrupt a bat’s dinner
Mechanical cacophony can drown out the whispers of moving insect prey.
- Animals
Mothballs, rubbing alcohol score poorly in tests of DIY bedbug control
Mattress encasement, dry ice in bags, hot clothes dryers do help control infestation.
- Microbes
Microbes signal deceased’s time of death
In a study using mice, germs accompany the body’s decay in a consistent time sequence.
- Life
Some animals eat their moms, and other cannibalism facts
A new book surveys those who eat their own kind, revealing some surprises about who’s eating whom.
- Animals
Sperm on a stick for springtails
Many males of the tiny soil organisms sustain their species by leaving drops of sperm glistening here and there in the landscape in case a female chooses to pick one up.
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- Plants
Dastardly daisies
This flower isn’t just any old sex cheat. It can be sexually deceptive three ways and in 3-D.
- Life
Scorpion genome decoded
An analysis of an arachnid’s DNA reveals how the animal survives its own venom.
- Climate
Environmental change may spur growth of ‘rock snot’
A controversial new theory suggests alga that forms rock snot isn’t an invader, but a low-key species native to many rivers.
- Life
Cabbage circadian clocks tick even after picking
Daily cycles in vegetables help ward off hungry caterpillars.
- Ecosystems
Feces in termites’ nests block biological pest control
Built-in poop nourishes bacteria that protect notorious Formosan species.
