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Bitsy beetle warms Canada - study
Paris :: Canada | 6 months ago
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An army of rice-grain-sized beetles, attracted by warming weather, has moved into Canada's western forests, where its tree massacre is causing the mercury to rise yet further, a study said on Sunday...The beetles lay their eggs under the bark of pine
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These beetles are officially the laziest creatures on Earth
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | 6 months ago
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All they ever wanted was for it to make something of itself... but instead it actually evolved a handle for unsuspecting termites to carry it around all day. This recently discovered beetle species, native to Cambodia, has clearly come up with one of
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Wormholes reveal what was destroying art 500 years ago
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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These holes are where beetles lay their young, in trees, furniture, and even great works of art.. And now scientists say the wormholes in ancient paintings reveal the movements of insect species hundreds of years ago. Many old wood prints show the
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Australian ship 'crawling with beetles' (NZ Newswire)
Singapore :: Singapore | 6 months ago
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Australian ship 'crawling with beetles' NZ Newswire November 23, 2012, 11:23 am An Australian ship detained at Wellington's port this week was found to be "crawling with beetles," says a biosecurity official. The AAL Brisbane was found to have an
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Cedar Fair sells Knott's Soak City water park in San Diego
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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of Sandusky said it has sold Knott's Soak City-San Diego, a standalone water park in Southern California, to a subsidiary of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and are not material to Cedar Fair's results of
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'Fossils' in medieval books reveal untold story
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 6 months ago
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There were no specimens in jars or, in this case, pinned or anything. There was just no information that we had," said study researcher Blair Hedges, a biologist at Pennsylvania State University. He added that without evidence of the wormholes,
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Watch flesh-eating beetles devour a parrot... for science
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Watch flesh-eating beetles devour a parrot for science Amanda Yesilbas Sometimes skin, feathers and the more fleshy parts of an animal are just in the way of the part that we need to study...Some museums use harsh chemicals, like hydrogen peroxide
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Study shows drought sped pine beetle epidemic
Boulder :: CO :: USA | 7 months ago
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University of Colorado researchers say the 2001-02 drought and others greatly accelerated the spread of a beetle epidemic that has killed thousands of square miles of trees in the West. CU said Monday the study compared patterns of outbreaks in lodge
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'Taboo': Man Has Thousands Of Animal Bones He Cleans Himself
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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For more than 50 years, Ray Bandar has been collecting animal bones. The 84-year-old San Francisco native has amassed an enormous collection of bones, which he proudly showed off on the latest installment of National Geographic's " Taboo ."
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Observatory: Beetles May Use Dung Balls to Cool Themselves, Researchers Find
Stockholm :: Sweden | 7 months ago
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When their front legs and heads overheat as they traverse hot sand, the beetles pause and climb atop their dung balls. They touch their head with their front legs and use their mouth parts to also touch their legs, said Jochen Smolka , a
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