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Bumblebees can teach each other how to open a puzzle box

When researchers taught a bumblebee to push a lever for a reward, the knowledge spread through its colony, hinting that these insects have a kind of minimal culture

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Giant insect thought extinct in eastern US found in a Walmart

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The giant lacewing found in Arkansas

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Tiny insects excrete vast amounts of urine using an anal catapult

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sharpshooter insects launch urine droplets from anal catapult

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Watch sharpshooter insects launch urine droplets from anal catapult

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Bark beetles use the smell of fungus to pick the best trees to infest

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A rare blue calamintha bee photographed by Levon Biss

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Endangered insects photographed in unprecedented detail

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A beekeeper tends to a honeybee hive

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Rise in urban beekeeping may be crowding out native bee species

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The future of food: How to farm insects for a growing population

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The future of food: How to farm insects for a growing population

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A bumblebee flies over a field of flowering heather plants.

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Protected areas in Britain fail to stop loss of insects and spiders

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Endangered insects captured in vivid photographs

Photographer Levon Biss's project Extinct and Endangered: Insects in peril combines thousands of shots of insect specimens to create these startlingly clear images

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Image taken from the Extinct & Endangerd exhibition by Levon Biss, in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History. The project shines a light upon insect decline and biodiversity, displaying insects that are either already extinct or under severe threat. The photographs by Levon Biss are created from up to 10,000 individual images using microscope lenses and contain microscopic levels of detail to provide the audience with a unique visual experience.

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Inside an insect farm: Are mealworms a sustainable meat alternative?

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Male flies produce a chemical that makes females sleep in after mating

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

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Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 people a year

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