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These Amazonian ants build one of the freakiest deathtraps in the animal kingdom [Video]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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These Amazonian ants build one of the freakiest deathtraps in the animal kingdom The Amazonian tree known Hirtella physophora looks rather unassuming, but it is the site of several grisly spectacles. Amid its leaves and branches, an animal, a plant
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Assassin bug carries dead ants on its back to ward off enemies
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 1 year ago
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2 May 2012 This bug looks like it's made a killing carrying a remarkable number of dead bodies on its back to stop it becoming lunch. As this gruesome picture shows this insect has at least 20 ants on its back which according to scientists confuse
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Real Estate: An Entomologist's Dream!
Madison :: WI :: USA | 1 year ago
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Cozy bungalow perfect for the professional or amateur insect enthusiast. While away the hours studying a decades-old interior roach colony and the complex series of anthills dotting the quaint, private yard, or be the first to identify this property'
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LIVE: Can You Dig It? Introducing NPR's Official AntCam
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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Eyder Peralta The ant farm is at NPR's Washington headquarters on the third-floor News Desk, if you must know and it was very generously provided by NPR's Homepage Editor Laurel Dalrymple, who hasn't had much luck keeping these poor insects alive at
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Green Blog: To Find Diversity Hot Spots, Follow the Ants
São Paulo :: Brazil | 1 year ago
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25 pm Associated Press The lowly fire ant on the tip of a pencil. More on the biodiversity front: For years, scientists tracking global patterns in biodiversity have focused on the distribution of plants, birds and mammals to identify areas that are
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Kill on sight! Fire at will! Battleplan to defeat deadly hornets heading for UK
London :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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News in pictures On Facebook Suggested Topics An emergency battle-plan has been drawn up to protect Britain's bees from marauding killer hornets that are poised to cross the Channel. Government experts have developed measures to defend Britain
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Ant queensa€™ egg laying rate increases with age
Berlin :: Germany | 1 year ago
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Ant queens' egg laying rate increases with age Washington: Ant queens lay more eggs as they get older, researchers have found. Furthermore, this high egg-laying rate did not shorten the queens' life spans, as would have been expected based on many
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Observatory: Tending a Sick Comrade Has Benefits for Ants
Vienna :: Austria | 1 year ago
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Now, a new study reports that this works in the benefit of the licking ant as well...At these low levels, their immune system is rather stimulated, said an author of the study, Sylvia Cremer, an evolutionary biologist at the Institute for Science and
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Much less bite but this Ant still inspires
Sydney :: Australia | 1 year ago
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Reviewed by George Palathingal March 26, 2012 Read later Adam Ant quirky. Photo: Danielle Smith Reviewer rating: Reader rating: None yet. ANT Enmore Theatre, March 23 Diners on Enmore Road on Friday night must have been choking on their entrees, what
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A new, giant wasp discovered in Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 year ago
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The new species is pitch black, has an enormous body size, and its males have long, sickle-shaped jaws. It belongs into the digger wasp family, which is a diverse group of wasps with several thousands of species known from all over the world. Female
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