About 165 million years ago Bam! froghoppers’ mating session was interrupted by a volcanic eruption. Now, scientists have unearthed a…
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Extinct species of assassin fly found in amber
An extinct species of assassin fly that lived during the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered inside a translucent…
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ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. – Vermont beekeepers face mite infestations, extreme temperature swings and the possibility of colony collapse. Last fall,…
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Mystery of bizarre Amazon web formations unraveled
About six months ago, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology first spotted a mysterious web unlike anything…
Read MoreZombie fungus makes ‘sniper’s alley’ around ant colonies
A fungus that turns worker ants into zombie henchmen has a surprisingly clever strategy to recruit new hosts. The parasite…
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