Search results for winged creatures
Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees
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Jul 06, 2008 |
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Since earliest recorded history, and presumably beyond, humans have always wanted to fly. First attempts involved imitation of winged creatures around them, and unfailingly ended in disaster.
20,000 cranes take rest in Colorado
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Thousands of Sandhill Cranes have converged on Colorado's Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge for a stopover before they head north.
Unusually quiet year for soybean aphids, but don't stop scouting
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Entomologists across the Midwest expected to see soybean aphid outbreaks this year, but aphids have been slow in coming out, according to a Purdue University field crops entomologist.
Research team uses tiny wasp to wipe out major agricultural pest in Tahiti
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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A research team led by Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist at UC Riverside, has nearly eradicated the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major agricultural pest, from the island of Tahiti and several other ...
Feed birds your Christmas leftovers
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Dec 27, 2006 |
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Christmas dinner leftovers may be beneficial to the birds in the garden, Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said.
Microsurgery and Super Glue show how antennae aid moth navigation
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Feb 08, 2007 |
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Two-winged insects such as houseflies and mosquitoes that are active during the light of day rely on their vision for flight control, but they also get help from organs called halteres, which grow where a second set of wings ...
Bat Love Songs Decoded (w/ Video)
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Love songs aren't only for soft rock FM stations - they're also used by romantic bats, and researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are believed to be the first to decode the ...
Ancient Birds Flew On All-Fours
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2006 |
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The earliest known ancestor of modern-day birds took to the skies by gliding from trees using primitive feathered wings on their arms and legs, according to new research by a University of Calgary paleontologist. In a paper ...
Remarkable journeys may save bat species
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Jul 12, 2007 |
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Researchers have new hope for the future of an endangered species of bat after two of the flying mammals traveled 110 miles to a Welsh cave to live.
Nature's fine designs: Scientists find modern lessons in ancient creations
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature and its bottom-up processes for creating robust and responsive materials are inspiring new generations of synthetic materials and creative design.
A new species of predatory bagworm from Panama's tropical forest
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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University of Panama and Smithsonian researchers report the discovery of a new Bagworm Moth species, in the Annals of the Entomology Society of America. Unlike nearly all other Bagworms, Perisceptis carnivora have predatory larva ...
Butterfly experiment a prairie masterpiece in the making
Sep 28, 2009 |
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After waiting for a warm, summery day, biologist Doug Taron and a handful of colleagues fanned out through a thousand acres of restored prairie this month, stroking plants with delicate paintbrushes in hopes of adding a little ...
Invasive Nettle Moth Triggers Hawaii Research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like children everywhere, kids in Hawaii love to run barefoot through tall grass. But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out of this simple childhood pleasure, ...
Three-Way Symbiosis Supplies Insect Pest With Well-Rounded Diet
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Jun 09, 2006 |
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The glassy-winged sharpshooter obtains a well-rounded diet by playing nice with two bacteria species that live inside the insect's cells.
Tiny Wasp Saves Pacific Island Paradise
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Jun 21, 2006 |
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It was a tourist bureau’s nightmare. A plant-killing invasive insect establishes a beachhead on a Pacific island paradise and quickly spreads, leaving tourists and locals who stroll down tree-lined promenades ...
