Would you wear GMO silk?
Nature reveals how a mosquito-killing gene technique is being used to create better silk more efficiently: But male silkworms (Bombyx mori) are much more useful […]
entomology
Spider spins a spider decoy in its web…
Wired beholds an eerie arthropod self-portrait… a piece of functional art, a spider, by spider: In September, [biologist Phil] Torres was leading visitors into a […]
What does the zombie-making fungus fear? Its own parasite.
Science Tech Daily says in the parasite world, it’s turtles all the way down. No matter how much of a *parasite* you are… like the […]
Bizarre penis shaved by scientists
I can’t beat Science Nordic’s headline. They’re talking about some tragically vicious beetle anatomy: The many spines on the penis are just as nasty, sharp […]
M&M waste gives bees honey of different colors.
French beekeepers, Russia Today tells us, were mystified when their hives started producing rainbow-colored honey – but were even more concerned when they found out […]
Science Art: Tardigrade
Click to embiggen Is it cute? It’s a tardigrade, also known as a water bear. That’s a cute name. And they’re tiny, too, which is […]
It makes them EAT THEIR OWN BRAINS. And even worse….
It’s a bacterium. It preys on insects. And Scientific American makes me worry that one way or another, they’ll figure out a way to make […]
Oldest insects ever.
EurekAlert goes back 230 million years to uncover the most ancient arthropods ever found: The amber droplets, most between 2-6 millimeters long, were buried in […]
Mutant butterflies of Fukushima.
Tecca reports on the 50 percent mutation rate in insects near the nuclear site: Tens of thousands of residents were displaced and officials assured the […]
New species discovered… on Flickr.
NPR takes a close look at an eye-catching insect… a new species of lacewing entomologists discovered on Flickr: [Shaun] Winterton, a senior entomologist at the […]
Spider web glass protects birds on the Holy Island
I can’t outdo the BBC’s headline on this story about a beautiful application for a strange, new material: A lookout tower at Lindisfarne has installed […]
“Extinct” tree lobsters coming back. Happy birthday, giant stick insect!
Grist welcomes a new citizen of Earth – a member of a species we thought was dead until they found a few last survivors on […]
Secret vegetarian recruiting tool: tick bites!
Sci-News reveals one more weapon in the war on carnivores – tick bites that
Newly discovered fly proves you don’t have to be big to be TERRIFYING.
Discover takes a close look at a monster smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen. It’s the world’s smallest fly, a kind of fly […]
How mosquitoes dodge the rain.
Nature opens a window on a thing that has always puzzled me, and probably anyone who’s been in mosquito country in the rainy season. How […]