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Do butterflies remember what they learned when they were deep?
Butterflies are known for their ability to change incredible shapes from caterpillars to adult winged butterflies. In this fundamental change, butterflies not only trans…
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Enemies are also useful
It is thought that the complex social organization of some insects has grown to a level where individuals of these species cannot exist alone alone.
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Control of harmful insects by gender 'switch'
Scientists announced in December 2007 that they have detected molecular receptors, otherwise known as
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Insects living in hiding are easy to adapt to the dark
A lifelong beetle crawling in grains cannot recognize all colors, and its eyesight doesn't follow normal rules. Most other insects can see 3 colors: they are very sensit…
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'Insect tape'
At first, you may think this is a new method of catching insects, but not so, that is the name scientists put on a new type of adhesive tape with superior features, whic…
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Phishing screen smells of ancient cycads
One of the oldest plants in the world - sesame - uses a strong smell, a bit of heat and a bit of cheating to seduce insects to pollinate them.
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Cheating between orchids and wasps
Australia's botanical world is a place full of sexually thrilling stories, including the story of a orchid trying to disguise as female bees to seduce lost corn bees.
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Workers were brainwashed
A new finding published in Science shows that since childhood, all worker bees have been
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Benefits of beetles eating corpses
Scientists in Spain are studying the life cycles of specific beetles to know how they can help determine a person's death time.
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Today's insects are small due to less oxygen
Millions of years ago, giant insects had swept across the earth, but only after a while, they disappeared. Scientists don't know why they are just
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Cicadas raging in mid-west America
In May, billions of cicadas will attack the Midwestern states, after 17 years hiding in the ground. The red-eyed insect, the body looks like a small shrimp, flies, doesn…
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Insects: The respiratory system is optimized
Insects can hold their breath for many days and still be okay ... Nature has provided them with a strange respiratory system, capable of closing the oxygen source to sto…
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The strange world of tiny insects
Living in the pores of human face, on fur coat (the more expensive the fur is) or somewhere there is a bit of people waiting to suck blood, sometime
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Be careful when ladybirds come close to alcohol
Ladybugs may look very beautiful but they also have 'dark' faces. In some places, these round-spotted insects are