The first fossil thrips in Africa: this tiny insect pest met its end in a volcanic lake 90 million years ago
Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...
Insects on vacation: How to spot them and how to avoid them
Nothing. Bedbugs are hardly the only insect encounters you can expect when you're on the road. Here are just a few ways travelers are getting bugged: Ants. They've always been there ...
Eggs of ‘exquisite’ cannibal insect confiscated by wildlife officials, raised at OH zoo
The species, native to tropical rainforests of southeast Asia, bears a “striking resemblance to orchid flowers,” Cincinnati Zoo staff said.
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More cute than harmful, bat-eared fox on the loose at a Palm Desert zoo
Zoo staff has been searching for the small, approximately 10-pound female fox, which poses no threat to humans as she eats only insects. Bat-eared foxes can be distinguished by their large ears ...
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Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism
The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica. (photo credit: Yuta Shimizu / Osaka Metropolitan University.) An international team of scientists led by Osaka Metropolitan ...
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Antartica’s only native insect may help humans survive deep space travel
The "unique" way Antarctica’s only native insect survives the extreme cold could help humans travel deep into space, according to a new study. The tiny flightless Antarctic midge (Belgica ...
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Garden: Plants and insects should survive cold and snow from the winter
Insects rely on a wide range of chemicals which ... including the following: Only plant trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and ornamental grasses which are adapted to USDA Hardiness Zone 6b ...