If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot – the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number ...
Duncan Mitchell has received funding from South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Australian Research Council. Joh R. Henschel ...
SINGAPORE – Perched on foliage, a darkling beetle can easily go unnoticed. At a glance, the insect can appear to be the unassuming shades of black and brown to the naked eye. But soon, the little ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insects: Microsculptures Magnified allows visitors to examine colours, textures and anatomical structures that often remain ...
Time-lapse video of a mealworm pupa shedding its shell and transforming to a beetle. #Mealworm #Pupa #Beetle The hidden risks of America’s most popular prescription painkiller Amy Coney Barrett issues ...
Maybe you've never seen a splendid-necked dung beetle before. But even if you have, odds are, you've never seen one like this before. It’s hard for the naked eye to register the visual splendor of ...
An image-detailing digital microscope and a chemical-replacing X-ray scanner improve University of Idaho Extension educator Armando Falcon’s ability to promptly supply farmers with detailed, vital ...
Darkling beetles, the adult form of mealworms, wreak a heavy toll on the poultry industry. But hemp-based pesticides may play an important role in controlling them. Fayetteville State University ...
Serbian scientists at Belgrade’s Institute for Biology are developing a novel way to combat plastic waste by training mealworms to digest polystyrene, a common but persistent material used in ...
BELGRADE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Serbian scientists have been experimenting with mealworms as a way to break down polystyrene. Larisa Ilijin, a principal research fellow at Belgrade’s Institute for ...
It’s a different kind of “Help” by the Beetles. Between bomb-detecting rats and medical-grade maggots, it’s clear that one person’s pest is another’s savior. The latest member of this unlikely league ...