insects
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Ants Construct Ingenious Contraption to Keep Themselves From Drowning
A species of fire ant can turn tiny grains of sand into a powerful tool for extracting food, in a clever design meant to reduce drowning risk.
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Google Now Lets You Fill Your Home with AR Insects
It’s not particularly well known, but Google has had a feature that lets you bring AR animals into the room via your phone for quite a while. Most of us used it once to put a dinosaur on the sofa or a cat on the bed, then never thought of it again. Clearly, though, Google…
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Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground
A brood of periodic cicadas not seen since 2003 is expected to emerge this year in parts of the United States. Farmers are being told to plan accordingly, as the insects pose a threat to fruit and ornamental crops.
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The Climate Crisis May Have Helped Spawn Massive Locust Swarms In East Africa
East Africa is currently plagued with locust swarms of biblical proportions, but these swarms aren’t the act of an angry god. According to UN scientists, they may be a result of the human-caused climate crisis.