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Surprised with fish-eating spiders
Biology

Surprised with fish-eating spiders

The Swiss and Australian team of scientists have found that some species of spiders are capable of catching fish and using fish as their main source of food.

December 17, 2018
Use flies to turn waste into food for pets
Biology

Use flies to turn waste into food for pets

According to a reporter in Pretoria, AgriProtein recently started construction of a fly farm on the first industrial scale in Cape Town, South Africa.

December 17, 2018
Electronic company goes to grow vegetables
Biology

Electronic company goes to grow vegetables

Referring to the name Toshiba, one remembers a powerful Japanese electronics company. However, Toshiba is planning to encroach on the food market.

December 17, 2018
Butterfly Emperor faces the threat from humans
Biology

Butterfly Emperor faces the threat from humans

For many butterflies, finding a place to stay and rest is not easy. Deforestation, drought, and global temperature changes are greatly affecting their habitats.

December 17, 2018
Dyed mulberry leaves change color
Biology

Dyed mulberry leaves change color

Silkworms eat mulberry leaves and release silk usually yellow. Want other colors must go through the dyeing stage that waste water into the environment is very toxic.

December 17, 2018
Mushroom saves the world environment
Biology

Mushroom saves the world environment

Mushrooms can be used as food, to help produce bread and beer. But, little is known that it can also be used to make safe pesticides, tissue culture in medicine and a gr…

December 17, 2018
Painted with sea berries from insects
Biology

Painted with sea berries from insects

Caterpillars, beetle larvae, grasshoppers or stink bugs can become a source of future food with good nutritional value for human health.

December 17, 2018
Scarcity of food has 'super trees'
Biology

Scarcity of food has 'super trees'

Scientists from the Department of Biology, Technion University (Israel) have successfully bred new drought-resistant varieties with the characteristics of low water cont…

December 17, 2018