After nearly 350 years, a depiction of a bee’s brain is getting some buzz. A manuscript created in the mid-1670s contains the oldest known depiction of an insect’s brain, historian of science Andrea ...
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300 million years ago, insects were enormous. That stopped – and we’re probably wrong about why
Fossil relatives of dragonflies, known as griffinflies, had wingspans of 70 centimeters (28 inches) 300 million years ago, and they weren’t the era’s only insects that far exceeded their modern ...
One day when Barrett Klein was a young boy, he found a dead butterfly in the driveway of his family’s house and marveled at its beauty. It was a transformative moment. “At age five I had a nebulous ...
Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working reference libraries, containing pinned and labeled insects so that naturalists ...
It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music, and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...
Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
Andy G Howe receives funding from the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Forest & Wood Products Australia. Since 2019, he is active with CSIRO Stem Professionals in Schools. Erinn ...
Economic thresholds are one of the most trusted tools in insect management. They help growers decide when pest populations justify treatment before economic injury occurs. The concept is foundational ...
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