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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.
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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…
Biology
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…
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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…
Biology
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
Control of harmful insects by gender 'switch'
Scientists announced in December 2007 that they have detected molecular receptors, otherwise known as
Biology
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…
Biology
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
Biology
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…