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The research focused on insects because of the relatively "unhealthy" environments they often live in. Lee stated that "insects often live in unsanitary...

that eat contaminated insects get contaminated themselves. Turkeys and chickens, which humans eat, eat those same contaminated insects, so this is the tip...

benefits of leaving weeds in the field. Insects could feed on the weeds, and birds could feed on the insects, as well as the seeds from the weeds. The...

camera lens, probably a fluff of cotton from the cottonwoods nearby or an insect or something like that," said Rhoads. In the video, the object moves from...

of the University of Helsinki, studies "the amazing adaptations social insects have evolved in order to fight the extreme parasite pressure they experience"...

race between orchids and their unwitting insect pollinators," Gaskett, says, "Over generations the insects learn to avoid having sex with orchids, and...

surface of Greenland have uncovered the oldest known samples of DNA from insects. The samples, estimated to be 450,000-900,000 years old, have also shown...

Drosophila ananassae, it also had made significant transfer in 3 other insects species and 4 species of nematodes. The researchers found candidate species...

covered hundreds of square miles and involve billions of vegetation-munching insects, which repeatedly devastated agriculture, and cost huge amounts of money...

Sunday. Although all the mammals reportedly survived, some of the frogs, insects, and small birds housed there died. The fire spread very quickly and strong...

plants release an odorous substance into air to attract another species of insects, called "big-eyed bugs" (Geocoris). These carnivores come to the scene...

ecosystems depend on the work of insects... we put a lot of effort into looking at these hotspots, about what insects actually occur there, whether their...

fear that the coquis could threaten native bird species by eating the insects the birds rely on for food. Have an opinion on this story? Share it! Associated...

we can put this DNA into the frog eggs to detect CO2." Genes of several insects (the silk moth, diamondback moth and fruit fly), injected into African...

something amiss — the eerie quiet. The droning of air conditioners and insects has stopped, replaced with the scent of hardwood smoke and a slight shiver...

— PLoS ONE, July 2, 2008 "Children Overestimate Cute Animals In Rainforests, While Underestimating Insects And Annelids" — ScienceDaily, July 2, 2008...

Anna Himler, the biologist leading the research commented that "In social insects there are a number of different types of reproduction," but continued that...

jumping from species to species, generally infecting arthropods such as insects. Since the bacterium resides in the cytoplasm of cells, males cannot pass...

said in the news release that the creatures found include "dozens of new insects and spiders, deep-sea armored corals, ornate sea pens, bizarre new sea...

today's modern domesticated cat. Scientists believe it ate things like insects and other smaller dinosaurs. It is estimated to have roamed earth during...