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Researchers testing for wind in the lab.
insects

When the Sun Is High, Dung Beetles Navigate With the Wind

There's more than one way to get from point A to point B while rolling a ball of dung.
Evan Nicole Brown June 25, 2019
Monarchs love milkweed.
insects

Monarch Butterflies Really Need Your Urban Plants

A new paper argues that cities can make a lot more space for milkweed, in particular.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 24, 2019
David Ebmer uses his lice comb to gather samples from Valdivia's famous sea lions.
insects

Scientists Invented a Lice Comb for Urban Sea Lions in Chile

The utensil helps researchers study marine mammals in the least disruptive way possible.
Danna Staaf June 21, 2019
Welcome to the MosquitoSphere.
science

Inside Burkina Faso’s Mosquito Dome, Where Venomous Fungus Is Put to the Test

An innovative research center dedicated to blood, biting, and beating back malaria.
Sabrina Imbler June 14, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Omajowa

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.
The ones on radar weren't packed quite so tightly, but there were a lot more of them.
insects

A Ladybug Swarm Over California Was Huge Enough to Show Up on Radar

Aphids beware.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 7, 2019
The nest as it was found.
insects

Found: The First Bee's Nest Made Entirely of Plastic

Researchers in Argentina found the synthetic nest by chance.
Evan Nicole Brown June 6, 2019
Spherical cricket container, date unknown, artist unknown.
objects of intrigue

In Ancient China, Pet Crickets Spent the Winter in Opulent Gourds

More than functional, these fleshy fruits developed into a striking art form.
Claire Voon June 5, 2019
Regina, Saskatchewan

Reginald the Grasshopper

This bushy bug is one of the unsanctioned public sculptures that have survived in Regina.
The <em>Anopheles</em> mosquito, the main carrier of malaria.
insects

How Algeria and Argentina Became Officially Malaria-Free

Public health officials hope the success can be replicated.
Evan Nicole Brown May 30, 2019
What is this, coffee for ants?
nature

The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans

The insects' trash is one farmer's treasure.
Rafael Tonon May 28, 2019
Sasha, standing by the alpine stonefly's aquatic habitat.
insects

A Trio of Fluffy Detectives Is on a Quest to Save the Endangered Alpine Stonefly

Australia's best insect trackers are very, very good boys.
Sabrina Imbler May 24, 2019
The Gilded vectors of disease facade.
London, England

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
Noble chafers often live in orchards. But which ones?
science

If You’re in England, Keep Your Eyes Peeled for This Iridescent Beetle

Where, oh where, is the noble chafer?
Jessica Leigh Hester May 20, 2019
View of the museum ground floor with mammoth skeleton in the foreground.
Lille, France

Lille Natural History Museum

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.
The many-legged millipede, locked away in amber.
preserved specimens

Found: A 99-Million-Year-Old Millipede, Perfectly Preserved in Amber

The newly described species has a five-unit compound eye and an unbristled butt.
Sabrina Imbler May 2, 2019
So thirsty!
insects

The Thirsty Beetles That Capture the Fog

In the Namib Desert, slaking thirst is a slow process.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 23, 2019
Video • AO Docs

'Discovering' Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Migration

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