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California’s grand insect census

California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.
Tapioca farmers in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry are celebrating restored harvests two years after scientists deployed a ...
Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national ...
Second, when I replaced the plants, I chose a wide variety of native species. Later, I found out that having a variety of ...
Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...
Two new frog species have recently been discovered on the small, boulder-studded Dauan Island off Queensland. The frogs have ...
New 'Giant Stick' Insect Species Discovered in Australia Has Been Growing For Millions of Years originally appeared on Parade. In a rainforest teeming with snakes, spiders, and all manner of hidden ...
U.S. Customs & Border Patrol agricultural specialists intercepted an insect not previously identified in the United States: ...
Insect smuggling rarely grabs headlines, yet it has real consequences. The trades draw far less public concern than big‑animal crime.
Just in time for Halloween, six new bat species have been discovered by researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), ...