Are you engulfed by a white cloud of flying bugs every time you touch, or walk by a certain plant in your yard? Are you discouraged from trying to control these bugs because nothing seems to...
created by Galactic Dreams | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 3990 views | 7 recommendations | 7 comments
We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....
Over 19 towns and villages in the African country of Liberia have been attacked by legions of hundreds of thousands of army worms, which have destroyed a significant quantity of crops - leaving the grounds...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1302 views | 19 recommendations | 7 comments
A new ant species - that is actually just 120 million years old - has been discovered after over eighty years. And although it was found last year, the disclosure was made yesterday!"120m-year-old ant species...
created by rumana husain | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 284 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
"A couple days ago we drove with Mike to a jobsite to check on the progress. He called me out of the van to look at a clump of caterpillars hanging from a bush. As we looked around, we noticed that they were...
created by kristyk | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 808 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
It never ever ceases to amaze us with its diversity - nature! Here right in the back garden of the Natural History Museum an unidentified insect turns up - and in large numbers." Insect experts at the Natural...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 248 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 6942 views | 15 recommendations | 71 comments
There is a long history of the use of the honey bee in war. Roman catapults, with bee hives as projectiles, unleashed the fury of angry bees on an advancing enemy. Bee hives booby trapped to topple over with trip...
created by jwsbeverly | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 663 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
This is news to me, but apparently insect cage matches are all the rage in Japan.Many bug enthusiasts, however, say pitting insects against each other is cruel and inhumane. On the flipside, others say...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2141 views | 2 recommendations | 10 comments
Information about bedbugs and how to get rid of them and restore beautiful night sleep. Begbugs must die for a better night sleep, keep them away from your children.
created by kerent22 | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 320 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Somebody's painting the town red, and then adding black polka-dots... after giant lizards, giant apes, Muppets, and CHUDs, it was only a matter of time. In a bid to stem an aphid invasion of NYC wtihout...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1505 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
When I was 8 years old, my parents took me to the Royal Tyrrell Museum - 4 hours in a car, 2 kids, 4 juice boxes, a side-of-the-highway bathroom break and we arrived. I remember pleading with my parents to...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 4 years ago 3043 views | 34 recommendations | 4 comments
From BBC News (UK): Scientists have identified the oldest known bee (Melittosphex burmensis), a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber.The discovery coincides with the publication of the genetic...
created by jorolat | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 1376 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The smallest collection of genes ever found for a cellular organism comes from tiny symbiotic bacteria that live inside special cells inside a small insect.
The bacteria Carsonella ruddii has the fewest genes of any cell. The bacteria's newly sequenced genome, the complete...
created by jorolat | 6 years ago 624 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
From the New Scientist: The gut bacteria of the humble stinkbug could reveal intriguing insights into the evolutionary origins of disease-causing bacteria, researchers say. ...To their surprise, the stinkbug DNA family tree pattern proved identical to the bacterial DNA family...
created by jorolat | 6 years ago 1164 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments