Crazy crustaceans: Crayfish are more prepared for the apocalypse than you are

Michiko ManalangJanuary 28, 2020

Here’s a word for the spelling bee: “Speciose”, of Latin origin, which means “rich in species”, indicates several types of organisms belonging to a single genu... Read More...

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Billions of locusts swarm through East Africa due to extreme weather swings

AuthorJanuary 28, 2020

Locusts swarmed through East Africa as a result of extreme weather swings, which could prove catastrophic for the region, according to experts on Friday. T... Read More...

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Why pests aren’t pests: A case for the unwanted

Megan CabalcarJanuary 10, 2020

Oxford Dictionary defines a pest as “a destructive insect or other animal…”, also, “a nuisance.” Pests = destructive and nuisance. Do the living critters... Read More...

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Tagalo mantis manillensis

Wally SuarezAugust 22, 2019

Mantids, some would argue, represent the highest pinnacle of insect predatory body plan. With extremely good eyesight perched on a rotating head and a pronotum... Read More...

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Bees atop Georgia university building will be research focus

AuthorAugust 7, 2019

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Nearly 100,000 bees have found a new home on the rooftop of a campus building at a south Georgia university. Researchers at Valdosta St... Read More...

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Jellyfish the size of a human found by divers off Cornish coast

Maxine LagmanJuly 17, 2019

Divers were stunned to see a giant jellyfish the size of a human off the coast of south-western England. The jellyfish was thought to be a barrel jellyfish.... Read More...

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Spiders have “little paws” you didn’t know about

Maxine LagmanJuly 8, 2019

Many people suffer from arachnophobia, which is the fear of spiders. This goes after seeing spiders crawling with their hairy spindly legs. However, many pe... Read More...

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Here’s why cockroaches can survive just about anything

AuthorJuly 4, 2019

The genome of the American cockroach has been sequenced for the first time, revealing why these creepy-crawlies are such tenacious survivors. The roach (Per... Read More...

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If you haven’t heard, cockroaches are ‘closer to invincibility,’ scientists warn

Maxine LagmanJuly 4, 2019

We can all agree that cockroaches are scary as they are and the flying ones definitely cause fear and panic. We thought that would be all they are, but scienti... Read More...

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Rock-eating worm that excretes sand discovered in Bohol

AuthorJune 21, 2019

A new subspecies of worm that eats stone and excretes it as sand has been discovered by scientists at the bottom of a river in the Philippines. The worms f... Read More...

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