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Biology
Detecting new carnivorous plants
Scientists at Grenoble University (France) have discovered a kind of aquatic carnivorous plant, which absorbs nutrients from
Biology
The killer tree is also afraid of poison
The carnivorous plants swallow all the insects they catch, but their existence can be threatened if the prey has toxins in the body.
Biology
Mosquitoes use genes to
Researchers at Yale University (USA) discovered some methods that mosquitoes use to search
Biology
Live instincts and self-defense depend heavily on the environment
In nature, prey and predators always develop in two opposite directions: one side is the defender and the other always promotes offensive weapons.
Biology
Strange bloodthirsty behavior of beetles
American scientists see a beetle in the Peruvian rainforest attacking and eating the swarms.
Biology
why do the butterflies have their eyespots?
Some butterflies often carry symmetrical circular spots on their wings. It is thought that the eye spot terrifies the enemy by imitating the eyes of the enemy.
Biology
Spiders eat together and stay together
UBC zoologists have recently discovered that the ability to work together to catch large prey has allowed spiders to live in the flock to expand the law of nature to rea…
Biology
Secret decoding of diversity in dogs
What makes a pointy hunting dog point in the direction of the prey, causing the shepherd to pack sheep into herds and make a retriever find and bring the animal back? Wh…
Biology
Strange camouflage style of dragonflies
Species often disguise themselves in motionless state: chameleon change color to blend into the surrounding environment, spots help keep hidden in bushes. However, accor…
Biology
Mantis
It is a large insect, 40 - 80 mm long, has two front wings and two wings after a wide development. The rear wings look like glass panels and only on the front edge on th…
Biology
A species of creeper knows 'sniffing'
The parasitic rose does not have a nose but it knows how to smell its prey and attack crops like tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus, alfalfa and flowers.
Biology
Successful breeding spiders catch prey to protect plants
Experts in the Department of Insects, Department of Agricultural Sciences in Hanoi Agricultural University 1 have just completed the process of breeding prey spiders for…
Biology
Why do spiders spread silk?
Some spiders weave a net into a net or a tube wall is quite a feat, which is the case of huge house spiders. Other spiders like garden spiders weave into extremely beaut…
Biology
Lizards roam the water
The two-crested lizard has the scientific name Basiliscus Plumiofrons works mainly during the day. They live on trees and bushes near the edge of the river, swamp, this…