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Study: Flies smell motion of odours to navigate
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The survival of all animals and insects, from wolves to bees, depends upon their ability to find the source of odors, which is a challenge when wind disperses and obscures their source. Past research has shown that animals and insects navigate their way to these targets by sensing the inten
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Entomologists issue warning about effects of climate change on insects
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a new scientific review, a team of 70 scientists from 19 countries warned that if no steps are taken to shield insects from the consequences of climate change, it will "drastically reduce our ability to build a sustainable future based on healthy, functional ecosystems."
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Researchers explain how some fireflies flash in sync
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Stake out in Pennsylvania's Cook State Forest at the right time of year and you can see one of nature's great light shows: swarms of fireflies that synchronize their flashes like strings of Christmas lights in the dark.
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Study finds how physical traits of flowers affect health of bumble bees
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The research showed that the length of a flower's corolla, or petals, affects how this pathogen is transferred between bees because shorter corollas mean that fewer bee faeces wind up inside the flower itself and in the path of bees looking for nectar.
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Why parents in their prime produce the best offspring: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Parents face a trade-off between putting resources into their offspring versus using resources to enhance their chances of survival so they can have more offspring. The best allocation of resources depends on age. More experienced parents are better at getting food, so they can pass on more
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Scientists discover how insects play keystone role in ecosystems
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
We need to stop thinking of insects as 'creepy crawlies' and recognize their keystone role in the ecosystems.
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Study: Novel insecticides have devastating effects on honey bee health
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to recent study, insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor can have a devastating effects on honey bee health.
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Study reveals how insects contribute to atmospheric electricity
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As with most living creatures, bees carry an innate electric charge. Having found that honeybee hive swarms change the atmospheric electricity by 100 to 1,000 volts per meter, increasing the electric field force normally experienced at ground level, the team developed a model that can predic
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Insect pollination key for rare Wyoming sagebrush species
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): The Laramie chickensage is unusual among the hundreds of species of sagebrush, most of which are primarily pollinated by the wind.
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New cancer drug could be developed using mushroom that grows on insects: R
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 19 (ANI): The Cordyceps mushroom is well known for its gruesome eating habits: it is well-known that its spores kill insects by infecting them, and the dead insects' flesh sprouts fully developed fruiting bodies of the Cordyceps fungus.
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Study reveals how an unusually large number of insects are destroying plan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Despite the decrease in the population of bugs, researchers at the University of Wyoming discovered that insects are nevertheless causing tremendous damage to plants.
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Study reveals how unprecedented level of insects harming plants
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): With insect numbers declining, experts at the University of Wyoming found that insects are still causing unprecedented harm to plants.
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