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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About 20,000 bees swarmed a car for two days to rescue their queen trapped inside

Maxine LagmanJune 20, 2019

Carol Howarth was just about to do some shopping in the town of Haverfordwest, Wales. It looked like a normal day as she parked her car. Little did she know, t... Read More...

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Feeding wood beetles wriggling worms will make them better recyclers

AuthorJune 7, 2019

For horned passalus beetles, having wriggly nematode larvae inside their bodies will actually benefit them and the forests they live in, according to Science N... Read More...

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The Mindoro giant millipede

Wally SuarezMay 25, 2019

Apart from phasmids, perhaps one of the more underrepresented of the local invertebrate subcultures is that dealing with millipedes, an anomaly possibly attrib... Read More...

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Japanese man jailed for smuggling insects from Ecuador

AuthorMay 10, 2019

Quito, Ecuador (AFP) - A Japanese man was sentenced to two years in prison in Ecuador for attempting to smuggle a massive haul of creepy crawlies out of the co... Read More...

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Half a million bees killed in Texas

AuthorMay 7, 2019

Several burning bee boxes were found at the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association in Angleton, Texas, early Saturday, according to authorities. A deputy f... Read More...

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Female flies know when sex partner is a good fit

AuthorMay 7, 2019

Scientists are now a step closer to knowing the role of female flies’ pleasure during the reproduction process after a new study has been published that shows ... Read More...

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Female termites do not need males to reproduce, scientists discovers

AuthorApril 26, 2019

In remote, coastal parts of Japan, scientists have discovered that female termites can actually reproduce without the need of mating with male mates. Some g... Read More...

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Bacteria help in making the toughest spider silk, new study shows

AuthorApril 12, 2019

Over the years, engineers and scientists tried to create a synthetic mimic of a spider’s silk using yeast, goat milk and genetically modified bacteria, but the... Read More...

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