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How do cicadas know when to come out?
Trillions of noisy, red-eyed insects called cicadas are emerging from the earth after more than a decade of feeding on tree roots.
Chimps use insects as balm on wounds. Is it folk medicine?
Over a period of 15 months, from November 2019 to February 2021, the researchers saw 76 open wounds on 22 different chimpanzees.
Small wonder It’s electric: Discovering the ‘power’ within swarms of...
Spiders spin negatively charged webs that reach out to trap positively charged insects, and they use the electric fields of trees to float through the...
Insects drawn to light? A perennial question gets new answer
Entomologists have long exploited this fact by setting out light traps whenever they want to collect insects. Poets have reached for the image of a...
