Biology
Color of insects with anti-cancer drugs and tropical diseases
According to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the beetle-colored beetles or butterfly-colored larvae may signal chemical compounds t…
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Biology
The relationship between sex and age in worms
A group of scientists studying sex pheromone in worms found that this pheromone simultaneously controls a stage in the worms' life cycle, the long-lived larval stage.
Biology
Survival tactics of a species of African fly larvae
The larvae of an African fly can survive terrible droughts thanks to its ability to transform into a candy-like form. Scientists can rely on this ability to study ways t…
Biology
Dollar larvae are cloned to deceive the enemy
In nature there are many creatures trying to make their bodies become as big as possible to threaten their enemies. But sand dollar larvae have a different strategy to a…
Biology
Kill the larvae with ... bacteria
Use bacteria to kill ... larvae. A group of scientists at the HCMC Pasteur Institute has successfully studied microbial products from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israe…
Biology
Bees alternate air conditioning in the nest
The adjustment of temperature in the honeycomb is done by a strict division of labor. Besides the bee-keeping bees, there are always those that work to fan the larvae wh…
Biology
The beetle of the beetle
The beetle's larvae form the bees that are so ingenious that male bees will try to pair with them and bring them home. These larvae thus live in luxury by
Biology
Cicada larvae 'break' coffee!
More than 40,000 hectares of coffee in the period for fruits in the Central Highlands suddenly yellow leaves, fruit drop, many trees turn on their roots because there is…
Biology
Shortest live insects - Ephemeridae (Ephemeridae)
Adult fleets don't live a full day, usually just hours. The adult plankton is short-lived, but the larval plankton live for a long time. Adult mating is finished mating…
Animal world
Strange creatures, flexible sex, capturing males in a lifelong body!
This worm belongs to the Echiura class, a creature that is difficult to collect and difficult to distinguish, so many of them have not been thoroughly studied.
Animal world
Worms change their sex according to their living environment
When diving in the Mediterranean, we can see a strange green worm like a spoon with the scientific name Bonellia viridis. They are Echiura-class creatures.
Animal world
The dangerous 'carnivorous' parasite has returned and is more beneficial than before
Few people suspect that parasites
Animal world
The 'vampire' changed sex according to the living environment
Depending on the environment, the blood-sucking mudfish larvae can turn into males or females to adapt to food sources.
Animal world
Guppies can destroy the natural ecological environment
Guppies have long been used as an effective weapon against larvae to prevent diseases from mosquitoes.