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Creepy deep-sea 'vanilla Vader' woodlouse is 25 times bigger than a land louseScientists have identified a woodlouse relative — a 10-inch-long, creamy yellow critter called Bathynomus yucatanensis from deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Monarch butterflies teetering ‘on the edge of collapse,’ added to endangered species listThe migratory monarch is threatened by habitat loss, pesticide and herbicide use, and climate change.
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Trap-jaw ants' lightning-fast bite should rip their heads apart. Here's why it doesn't.A unique "dual spring" powers the ant's jaws.
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Amber tomb of 'dancing' wasp and delicate flower also hides a gruesome secretAbout 30 million years ago, resin hardened around a flower and a parasitic wasp, preserving clues to their relationship in an ancient ecosystem.
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Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees FlyA longstanding puzzle is resolved as exotic flight mechanisms are revealed.
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Do bees really die if they sting you?Here's the science behind whether all bees die after stinging humans.
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What's the difference between a moth and a butterfly?Though related, there are key differences between them.
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Cannibal wasp babies eat their siblings, because nature is brutalWhen food starts running low in wasp larvae nurseries, the babies resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
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How do mosquitoes sniff out humans to bite?Some mosquitoes can smell humans from a distance.
