Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them todayheadline
Ticks carry more zoonotic pathogens than any other known vectorSergey Aleshin/Getty Images Tucked away in a ground-floor lab in Richmond, ...
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Venus flytraps thrive in the Carolinas as hikers peek into their native ecosystem
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. -- Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to ...
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Four-legged investigators sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs
CLEVELAND -- The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the U.S. a decade ago, has steadily spread ...
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‘Bone collector’ caterpillar wears dead insect body parts as disguise todayheadline
Bone collector caterpillars from the Waianae mountain range in Oahu, HawaiiDaniel Rubinoff et al. 2025 The newly described “bone collector” ...
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‘Some insects are declining but what’s happening to the other 99%?’
Research has mostly focused on butterflies, bumblebees and dragonflies in parts of Europe and North America (image:A white-tailed bumble bee, ...
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Ancient wasp preserved in amber may have used its rear end to trap flies todayheadline
A specimen of Sirenobethylus charybdis preserved in amberQiong Wu An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used ...
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Wood-eating beetles may make wildfires emit even more carbon todayheadline
An experiment tests how holes from tree-killing beetles affect carbon emissions when wood burnsShudong Zhang et al. 2025 Beetle attacks ...
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National Trust records ‘alarming’ drop in insects and seabirds at its sites
There have been alarming declines this year in some insect species including bees, butterflies, moths and wasps, while many seabirds ...
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Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas
More than a third of animals on Earth are herbivores, but since plants don’t have a lot of calories it ...
Read moreDetailsRare Invasive Insects Intercepted at Dulles Airport Pose Economic Threat
In a surprising discovery, Customs and Border Protection inspectors at Dulles International Airport recently encountered two exotic insects not typically ...
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