News tagged with sip nectar
Entomologists seek fungus to blunt mosquitoes' sense of smell
Sick people often lose their sense of smell and their appetite. If this happened to mosquitoes, they would not be able to feed on humans and spread malaria. A team of Penn State entomologists is looking for an insect disease ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Hummingbirds catch flying bugs with the help of fast-closing beaks (w/ video)
The shape of a hummingbird's beak allows for a "controlled elastic snap" that allows it to snatch up flying insects in a mere fraction of a second —with greater speed and power than could be achieved by jaw muscles alone, ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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A well-defended territory is what some female hummingbirds find most attractive in a mate
When it comes to attracting a mate, flowers and sweets often do the trick—even for one of the world's smallest birds—the purple throated carib, a hummingbird species native to the mountainous islands of the ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Sucking Up To Survive
Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Building a base for honeybees
On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Africa's biggest mammals key to ant-plant teamwork
Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this plant-insect teamwork depends on the very antagonist it is intended to ward off: Africa’s big browsing mammals.
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Jan 10, 2008 |
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