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6,813 results for: Insects

  1. Agriculture

    Insects laughing at Bt toxin? Try this

    A new countermeasure restores the toxicity of Bt pesticides to insects that have evolved resistance.

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  2. Animals

    Robin stole credit for Batman’s deeds

    Bats turn out to be overlooked but significant eaters of insects, pests and other arthropods on shade-grown coffee farms and in tropical forests.

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  3. Animals

    Climate change discourages second families

    Birds out of sync with local baby food supply of caterpillars aren’t nesting a second time.

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  4. Life

    The Arctic isn’t alone

    Insects and other animals that regulate their body temperature externally may be especially vulnerable as the world warms.

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  5. Disaster Goes Global

    The eruption in 1600 of a seemingly quiet volcano in Peru changed global climate and triggered famine as far away as Russia

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  6. Chemistry

    Bug be gone

    Using software that mimics neural networks, researchers have found new mosquito repellents that last longer than commercially available repellent.

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  7. Ecosystems

    Eight-legged bags of poison

    Birds eating arachnids get high dose of toxic metal as mercury climbs up the food chain.

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  8. Life

    Beetles hear the heat

    Researchers verify fire beetles have a pressure vessel that enables them to sense intense heat.

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  9. High CO2—a gourmet boon for crop pest

    Relatively high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide weaken soybean defenses against Japanese beetles.

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  10. Life

    Beetles grow weed killer

    Beetle moms carry their own bacteria for making a compound to protect their gardens.

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  11. Life

    Curtain drops after ants’ final act

    A handful of ants remain outside to close the colony door at sunset and sacrifice their lives in the act.

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  12. Humans

    Whiz Kids: Its science and outreach

    The filmmakers behind Whiz Kids would like to see their footage serve an educational purpose, perhaps through some online portal.

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