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Discovered 23 million-year-old insect fossils
The remains of ancient insects and sunflower seeds trapped in amber in the Miocene date (23 million years ago) were discovered in Peru on August 9.
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Giving a curfew to butterflies
The phenomenon of an itchy butterfly in cities at night forced French foreigner Guyana to impose a curfew.
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Detecting many common queens in a group
Recently, a BBC crew made a scene of two queens working together in a group. Usually, each ant nest only exists a single queen.
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'Moving house' for ladybug spider
The RSPB Nature Reserve has just moved Britain's rarest spider species to a new place in a plastic bottle.
Biology
Beetle - a solution to kill weeds
Under the auspices of the British Biotechnology and Research Council (BBSRC) in collaboration with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), scienti…
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Close-up of butterflies named in the Vietnam Red Book
According to 'Vietnam Red Book', butterflies have the scientific name Attacus atlas, the level of threat is classified as R (Rare: Rare, possibly endangered). This butte…
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The smartest man in the animal world
Biologists from the Queen Mary School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the University of London found that bees can calculate the best route between flowers.
Biology
Found bumblebees have huge teeth
A bumblebee was a male with huge teeth that, when opened, were even longer than its front legs, newly discovered on Sulawesi Island (Indonesia).
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Colonial colonial behavior changes after winning
The colonial ants attacked other colonies: Robbing and killing other colonial soldiers' ants or keeping enemy ants as slave ants. The ant colonial species is often consi…
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Detecting human face spider
Recently, a citizen in Liaoning, China discovered a spider whose body resembles a human right in his garden.
Biology
The Timema stick 'rests on the pillow' for 1 million years
Genetic researchers have revealed the Timema rod insect that lives in the dirt around the west coast of the United States that has lived for 1 million years without ever
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'Incest' insects
Scientists have discovered that cotton mealybug (Icerya purchasi) has a very special sex life related to bloodline. Females are able to fertilize their eggs without mati…
Biology
Giant insects in the Gulf of Mexico
Recently, there was an image of a strange 1 meter-long insect in the water, living underwater by oil drilling workers in the Gulf of Mexico.
Biology
Using bees to kill caterpillars
China will release 600 million bees this month, to kill moth-destroying moths - according to Xinhua on August 8.
Biology
Four species of insects coming into the Red Book
Scientists from the Vietnam Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources have proposed to include four insect species in the Vietnam Red Book.