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Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay
Why zebras evolved their characteristic black-and-white stripes has been the subject of decades of debate among scientists.
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Bed Bugs: Less Picky Than Previously Thought?
It wasn’t long ago that bed bugs were just an uncomfortable memory from a bygone era. However, the blood-sucking critters have recently staged a remarkable comeback, and with it new industries have emerged with the aim of tracking and eradicating the irritating pests.
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Dung beetle dance provides crucial navigation cues
The dung beetle dance, performed as the beetle moves away from the dung pile with his precious dung ball, is a mechanism to maintain the desired straight-line departure from the pile, according to a study published in the Jan. 18 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
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Maggot Fangs & Water Bear Claws: Microscopic Insect Images
Have you ever looked a wasp right in its faceted eyeball, or seen an image of a flea that you’d call ‘beautiful’? Ever glimpsed the fangs of a bottle fly maggot, or an alien manatee-looking creature that lives in moss? These 15 macro and microscopic photographs of creepy-crawly insects, worms and other tiny creatures give us an incredible look at a world unseen by the naked eye. You can read the full story HERE.
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Mosasaur fossil at Natural History Museum of L.A. County re-explores 85-million-year-old sea monster
One of the ocean’s most formidable marine predators, the marine mosasaur Platecarpus, lived in the Cretaceous Period some 85 million years ago and was thought to have swum like an eel. That theory is debunked in a new paper published today in the journal PLoS ONE. An international team of scientists have reconceived the animal’s morphology, or body plan, based on a spectacular specimen housed at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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