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Are cicadas dangerous to your pets?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIf you have concerns after your pet interacts with a cicada, experts recommend speaking with your veterinarian. Experts have...the sense that the fungus...
Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
Phys.org· 4 days agoIn a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, the researchers measured body mass, local...
Another viewpoint editorial: Indiana to host cicada emergences that last occurred 221 years ago -...
The Republic News· 2 days ago“The majority of them for Brood XIX are going to emerge in southwest Indiana, the very far southwest corner of the state,” said Vince Burkle, the Fort Wayne-based assistant director and survey ...
The cicada invasion has begun. Experts recommend greeting it with awe, curiosity and humor
USA Today· 5 days agoMuch of the middle and southern part of the country is bracing for a rare dual-emergence of two...
Building a legacy: Project aimed at preserving unique landscapes, animal species in the Panhandle
Scottsbluff Star-Herald· 9 hours agoThe Nebraska Natural Legacy Project is part of a nationwide effort to address the needs of declining...
The wasps that tamed viruses
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“There is a special connection between viruses and these endoparasitoids,” says Julien Varaldi, an evolutionary biologist at Claude Bernard University...
Fleece clothing a "serious pollutant"—it's made of plastic, after all
Boing Boing· 4 days agoMost "fleece" is just extruded plastic filament and its use in clothing is, according to clothing company Patagonia, a serious source of pollution. Washing them turns results in microplastic ...
Beyond the Lawn: The Advantages of Cultivating Native Plants
TriplePundit· 5 days agoLater, wealthy landowners adopted the practice, and these verdant expanses came to signify social...
"Video Games" for Flies Shed Light on How They Fly
IEEE Spectrum· 6 days ago“This wing hinge is arguably one of the most important events that ever happened in the evolution of life,” says Michael Dickinson, a researcher and...
Spiders Can Eat, Breathe, and Reproduce Underwater
The Atlantic· 7 days ago“Spiders are surprisingly adaptable, which is one of the reasons they can inhabit this environment,” says Ximena Nelson, a behavioral biologist at the...