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Male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes don’t bite, but they are attracted to humans Joao Burini / Alamy Stock Photo The males of a disease-carrying mosquito species are attracted to people, even though only the females drink our blood. This suggests the…
A white peacock butterfly in South Florida Shutterstock/SoFlo Shots Feeding on an exotic weed rather than their usual diet of native plants appears to help white peacock butterflies fight off viral infections. The finding points to the ability of certain…
Bumblebees spread behaviour through social learning Shutterstock/Kuttelvaserova Stuchelova Bumblebees can teach each other how to solve a puzzle box, and they prefer the method their sisters teach them rather than those they learn on their own. This adds to evidence…
The giant lacewing found in Arkansas Michael Skvarla For the first time in more than 50 years, a giant lacewing (Polystoechotes punctata) has been found in eastern North America. The discovery raises new questions about the distribution of the Jurassic-era…
Sharpshooters eliminate up to 300 times their body weight in liquid waste each day, and save energy through a phenomenon called superpropulsion Life 28 February 2023 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Tiny sharpshooter insects produce so much urine that they catapult it…
Trees with fungal infections produce odours that attract bark beetles, which burrow into the bark and can devastate entire forests Life 21 February 2023 By Corryn Wetzel This tiny beetle can do a lot of damage to spruce trees Shutterstock/Hartmut…
In Montreal, Canada, the diversity of wild bee species has fallen in areas where honeybee colonies have proliferated Life 15 February 2023 By Brian Owens The past decade has seen a boom in urban beekeeping Westend61/Vasily Pindyurin/Getty Images Efforts to…
Invertebrate monitoring data from 1990 to 2018 show that protected areas in Britain are losing species at the same rate as unprotected areas Environment 13 January 2023 By Gary Hartley Many pollinator species such as bees have disappeared from protected…
Photographer Levon Biss’s project Extinct and Endangered: Insects in peril combines thousands of shots of insect specimens to create these startlingly clear images Life 11 January 2023 By Gege Li Raspa silk moth Levon Biss WE ARE all aware that…
The French biotech company Ÿnsect plans to open 15 mealworm factories by 2030. We looked inside their pilot plant to see what the future of food might look like Environment 11 January 2023 By Alex Wilkins Alex Wilkins inside Ÿnsect’s…
