Topic: Insects

The Navy is conducting tests to deliver glider-like unmanned aerial vehicles about the size of a small bird from a larger UAV that would sneak past...

Bees choose by doing 'neuron' dance: study

Honey bees do a little dance to communicate with each other that mimics signals in the brain, a finding that may shed light on how Earth's creatures make choices, scientists said Thursday."The decision-making mechanisms in nervous systems and insect societies ...

Bee-ware: bees keep African elephants at bay

No need for big muscles or high-tech contraptions when it comes to protecting African plantations from elephants: a British biologist has discovered that buzzing bees will keep the beasts at bay.Lucy King, a researcher at Oxford University, was honoured Tuesday by ...

Fate of bees worries Europe's parliament

Bothered by spiking mortality rates for bees, Europe's parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the EU to provide more funding for the beekeeping sector.MEPs voted 534 in favour, with 16 against and 92 abstentions, to support research and development in ...

Highly sexed crickets take to the ring in China

Unlike many sportsmen who avoid sex the night before a match to ensure they have enough strength, Chinese crickets are encouraged to enjoy as much hanky-panky as possible on the eve of a fight."Crickets need lots of sex," said Guo Junxiong ...

Millions of escaped bees shut down highway

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A flatbed truck carrying hundreds of beehives overturned near a construction zone on a Utah highway, freeing millions of bees and forcing authorities to temporarily close Interstate 15, officials said on Monday."The driver lost control, hit the ...

Escaped bees temporarily shut down Utah highway

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Interstate 15 highway in southern Utah has been reopened and millions of bees that closed the road have been accounted for, officials said on Monday."The driver lost control, hit the concrete barrier and rolled over. Of ...

Brood 13: Emergence of the Cicadas

They've lurked for nearly two decades beneath the ground, sucking on roots in anticipation of their day in the sun. Now the cicadas have emerged...
An ice cream parlor that served up cicada ice cream caused health officials to officially bug out.. Health officials have told Sparky's Homemade...

Cicada Invasion

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