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Climate change and flooding create biodiversity in the Amazon
The climate changes the Ice Age and the ancient flood, not the barrier barriers, may have pushed the evolution of new insects appeared in the Amazon jungle region of Sou…
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Mosses and insects once dominated Antarctica
American geological experts have found evidence that barren valleys in Antarctica were once inhabited by moss and insects.
Biology
Decode the genome of the world's most harmful insect
Scientists from the CSIRO Foundation and the University of Melbourne in Australia and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are about to make a discovery that co…
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Insecticides can kill 3 generations of cockroaches
According to Purdue University entomologists in the process of testing the effectiveness of specialized gel primers, only one dose of insecticide can kill three generati…
Biology
Bees are like us when making decisions
Most people think before making a decision, for bees as well. According to a Nature article, Israeli researchers have shown that when deciding, people and bees share a r…
Biology
No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles
If a male bug of the Japanese beetle family cannot detect pheromone sex hormone produced by the female, it will not be able to determine the location of the female as we…
Biology
The beard's beard function for memory
We all know that the right and left brain hemispheres perform different tasks. Lesions in the left hemisphere weaken language use and perception. The right hemisphere of…
Biology
The parasite turns the host into a bodyguard
There are many examples of parasites that bring about strange behavior changes for their hosts. For example, trematodes can cause ants, intermediate hosts, to move onto…
Biology
Flies ambient temperature measured how?
Flies, unlike humans, cannot regulate the ambient temperature so they need to choose the most suitable breeding ground. Brandeis University's new study published in this…
Biology
GM crops do not harm beneficial beetles
Genetically modified plants using Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests will not harm the natural enemies of pests, according to a new stud…
Biology
The bee's dance breaks the cultural barrier
An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that Asian and European honey bees can learn to understand each other's dance language despite e…
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Insects evolved a completely different tactic to sniff
In the work published in the April 13 online edition of Nature, researchers at Rockefeller University and Tokyo University revealed that insects have adopted a fundament…
Biology
Insect eat more plants in high CO2 environment
The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide is increasing at an alarming rate, and a new study has shown that the defense capacity of soybean plants decreases as CO2…
Biology
the fight against poison in corn
Increasing the use of corn for food and fuel production is raising a concern about pollution related to aflatoxin deadly toxins in this staple grain. Pollutant is a type…
Biology
Resistance gene: 2 genes - 1
Crime is only resistant to a pesticide when there is a possibility of two resistance? That seems like a simple thing, even for mosquitoes. However, in fact, this change…