Nature reveals how a mosquito-killing gene technique is being used to create better silk more efficiently:
… Read the rest “Would you wear GMO silk?”But male silkworms (Bombyx mori) are much more useful for farmers: they are more
Wired beholds an eerie arthropod self-portrait… a piece of functional art, a spider, by spider:
… Read the rest “Spider spins a spider decoy in its web…”In September, [biologist Phil] Torres was leading visitors into a floodplain surrounding
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 brain-eating cordyceps fungus, for example…… Read the rest “What does the zombie-making fungus fear? Its own parasite.”
I can’t beat Science Nordic’s headline. They’re talking about some tragically vicious beetle anatomy:
… Read the rest “Bizarre penis shaved by scientists”The many spines on the penis are just as nasty, sharp and destructive
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 the not-so-sweet… Read the rest “M&M waste gives bees honey of different colors.”
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 part of cuteness, usually. Less than a millimeter… Read the rest “Science Art: Tardigrade”
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 us eat our own brains too:
… Read the rest “It makes them EAT THEIR OWN BRAINS. And even worse….”As well as passing
EurekAlert goes back 230 million years to uncover the most ancient arthropods ever found:
… Read the rest “Oldest insects ever.”The amber droplets, most between 2-6 millimeters long, were buried in outcrops high in the Dolomite
Tecca reports on the 50 percent mutation rate in insects near the nuclear site:
… Read the rest “Mutant butterflies of Fukushima.”Tens of thousands of residents were displaced and officials assured the world that the release of harmful
NPR takes a close look at an eye-catching insect… a new species of lacewing entomologists discovered on Flickr:
… Read the rest “New species discovered… on Flickr.”[Shaun] Winterton, a senior entomologist at the California Department
I can’t outdo the BBC’s headline on this story about a beautiful application for a strange, new material:
… Read the rest “Spider web glass protects birds on the Holy Island”A lookout tower at Lindisfarne has installed it to protect the hundreds
Grist welcomes a new citizen of Earth – a member of a species we thought was dead until they found a few last survivors on a barren island in the southern seas just this February. And now,… Read the rest ““Extinct” tree lobsters coming back. Happy birthday, giant stick insect!”
Sci-News reveals one more weapon in the war on carnivores – tick bites that trigger allergies to red meat:
… Read the rest “Secret vegetarian recruiting tool: tick bites!”Delayed anaphylaxis – a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction – to
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 called a phorid, and its babies eat the brains of tiny… Read the rest “Newly discovered fly proves you don’t have to be big to be TERRIFYING.”
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 do they do it? How do those persistent little … Read the rest “How mosquitoes dodge the rain.”
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