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Tag: Insects

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Don’t Like Eating Insects? Your Pet Might.

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025Emily AnthesComments Off on Don’t Like Eating Insects? Your Pet Might.

Could insect meal and lab-grown meat be a more sustainable, ethical way to feed our cats and dogs?

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Lovebugs Swarm South Korea’s Capital, Drawing Residents’ Ire

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025John YoonComments Off on Lovebugs Swarm South Korea’s Capital, Drawing Residents’ Ire

Municipal workers in the South Korean capital region are responding to a summer infestation by spraying water, but residents wish they would break out the poison.

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Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.

June 12, 2025June 13, 2025ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.

A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the bloodsucking insects, it’s been the perfect 13,000-year-long marriage.

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Man Hiding Tarantulas, Centipedes and Ants Is Stopped From Boarding Flight

November 16, 2024November 16, 2024Adeel HassanComments Off on Man Hiding Tarantulas, Centipedes and Ants Is Stopped From Boarding Flight

Officials in Lima, Peru, said the endangered spiders had been taken from the Amazon basin. The man was flying to South Korea.

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Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths.

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Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

September 5, 2024September 6, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

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Each Year Flying Ants Emerge Across the U.K. And Yes, They’re Annoying.

July 15, 2024DERRICK BRYSON TAYLORComments Off on Each Year Flying Ants Emerge Across the U.K. And Yes, They’re Annoying.

Winged ants emerge from the soil on hot summer days with one goal: find a mate — fast. These insects are annoying, but experts say they play a vital role in the environment.

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What Are Eco-Friendly Ways to Control Backyard Bugs?

June 3, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on What Are Eco-Friendly Ways to Control Backyard Bugs?

Meet the “bucket of doom” and other methods to manage mosquitoes and ticks.

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Locust Swarms Could Expand Their Range in a Hotter, Stormier World

February 14, 2024RAYMOND ZHONGComments Off on Locust Swarms Could Expand Their Range in a Hotter, Stormier World

The crop-devouring pests love arid conditions and the occasional downpour. Global warming is offering more of both.

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What to Do With a Bug Named Hitler?

December 26, 2023Franz LidzComments Off on What to Do With a Bug Named Hitler?

Anophthalmus hitleri is a small, amber-colored beetle native to a few damp caves in Slovenia. It has one glaring problem.

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