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One researcher says "open up your mind" to the under-appreciated contributions of the lowly wasp.
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A North Carolina-based company is looking for a few study participants who are willing to welcome roughly 100 cockroaches into their homes. It got more than 2,500 applications in less than a week.
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Although some Oklahoma residents are seeing more pests in their homes because of recent rainfall, wheat farmers are experiencing brown wheat mites because of drought. The mite outbreak is something not seen in years.
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The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.
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Researchers at Oklahoma State University are looking into whether a rare and threatened beetle could provide new ways to preserve meat and fight bacteria.
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Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.
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Over the last few decades, humans have been confronting the consequences of industrialism on the environment. Environmental problems are causing a troubling trend in grasshopper populations, and its implications stretch far beyond insects.
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A group of geologists stumbled on the fossil of the giant creature, known as Arthropleura, during a "social trip" to England's Northumberland region in 2018. It's the largest such fossil ever found.
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The city of Aswan has been dealing with an influx of scorpions and snakes, thanks to a recent rash of heavy storms disturbing their hiding places.
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An invasive bug recently found in Kansas could spell trouble for agricultural states in the Midwest if more are confirmed.