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Why does nature produce so many blood-sucking insects?
Think simply about mosquitoes, midges, flies… why do these blood-sucking creatures appear, what is their meaning?
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Biology
Here's Why This Plant Grows Super Slow: It Only Grows 3cm a Year
Unlike most flowering plants that attract bees and butterflies, the Joshua tree only mates with the Yucca moth for its entire life, lasting hundreds of years, even 1,000…
Biology
Sound-absorbing 'weapon' helps moths fight bats
The scales on the wings help the moths resist echolocation, inspiring experts to develop lightweight noise-reducing materials.
Science story
Research points to 'holes' in Darwin's theory of evolution
A new study shows that Darwinian evolution could have happened up to four times faster, based on analyzes of genetic variation.
Biology
How are butterflies and moths different?
Butterflies and moths both belong to the order Scales, but there are many physical and behavioral differences between the two classes of insects.
Biology
Shocked to see '3 cobras' lurking on the tree, it turned out to be a very rare creature
At a glance, everyone thought these were 3 snakes with their heads raised to hunt.
Biology
You think this is a giant wasp? Oh no, it's actually just a moth
European Hornet moth - wasp moth (Sesia apiformis) looks intimidating at first glance, and its uncanny resemblance to a giant wasp is just an elaborate camouflage meant…
Biology
It turns out this is the identity of the culprit that creates the strange little wrappings on our walls
Was it at least once that you were curious about this strange wrapping stuck to the wall? Today we will know the answer.
Environment
The new discovery: Caterpillars and their gut bacteria easily digest the most persistent plastic
Each year, people release about 300 million tons of plastic into the environment, transporting them everywhere and dumping in a landfill; most likely the plastic you thr…
Animal world
Each animal has the secret to seeing in the dark differently
To the human eye, darkness is just a gloomy, bleak curtain. However, for dark nocturnal animals it is
Biology
The world's rarest flower ever lost Darwin's whole life
The father of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin asserts that as a flowering plant, it is inevitable that butterflies and bees are suitable for pollination. But when fac…
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Costa Rica announced the discovery of two new moths
The Tinaegeria carlosalvaradoi that inhabit the rainforest areas of the Guanacaste Reserve, belonging to the Stathmopodidae family, has so far been little known and has…
Biology
Strange creatures like aliens crawling on the ceiling, terrifying people
Strange alien-like creatures make the people terrified when they see it crawling on the ceiling.
Biology
Discover 4 mosquitoes of the size of mosquitoes
New creatures found in the Caribbean island belong to the group of small moths, which are about the same size as mosquitoes.
Animal world
Strange but particularly effective hunting tactics in the natural world
Being a predator, of course, there must be a hunting strategy. However, there will be guys